Date:	Fri, 3 Jul 1998 16:33:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:	IO ERROR <error AT blackout DOT net>
To:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
cc:	opendos-support AT delorie DOT com, frinke AT cs DOT bonn DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Dvorak keyboard
In-Reply-To:	<3A49A847BDE@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Matthias Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 "IO ERROR <error AT blackout DOT net>" wrote:
> > I am using Caldera DR-DOS 7.02.  I would like to remap my keyboard to a
> > Dvorak keyboard kayout but I can't find any drive or information for this
> > anywhere.  The Microsoft driver doesn't seem to work.
> 
> DR-DOS  own keyboard driver KEYB has no provision for the Dvorak 
> layout(s) yet. 
> 
> However, you can either try MS-DOS 6.22 KEYB on DR-DOS using SETVER 
> KEYB 6.22 (though the driver consumes much more memory, cannot be 
> loaded into the HMA, and might - in rare cases - cause some trouble
> with caches and rebooting). 

I found a tiny DVORAK.COM (165 bytes) at
http://www.ccsi.com/~mbrooks/dvorak/ which so far is working well.
Ideally, though, I'd like to see the support for Dvorak built into the
operating system.

> You can also try Axel s and mine FreeKEYB driver (formerly known as 
> K3PLUS), which supports the two-handed Dvorak layout (at least for US 
> keyboard mapping). FreeKEYB will also give you an endless list of 
> other (unrelated) goodies at minimal memory footprint. Left- and 
> right- handed Dvorak layouts and a provision to use them in 
> conjunction with different localized layouts are under development, 

I look forward to trying FreeKEYB.  I may be forced to use a right-handed
layout in the near future, and the DVORAK.COM I mentioned above supports
only the two-handed layout.

Thanks for your information. 

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