From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: dos pipes not working
Date: 27 Nov 2000 14:34:22 GMT
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This is slowly drifting quite a bit off-topic, but anyway...

Alex Crowther <alex_crowther AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

> I have compiled a fairly fool proof, way of getting pipes working
> for UK users of Win98 dos ..

I think this method is overly complicated. You shouldn't usually
remove the COUNTRY line in config.sys, for this, e.g.

Anyway, I think there is no real problem that needs fixing, here. You
just have to remember which of the two 'pipe' keys is the correct one,
and that's it.


> STEP 1:
>   Remove or rem out the following entrys in C:\autoexec.bat

>   mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
>   mode con codepage select=850
>   keyb uk,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys

The first two are, indeed, best removed. The third, however, you don't
really remove anyway, as you put it back in in STEP 2, anyway. You
might just as well leave it alone, and skip step 2.

> STEP 2:
>   Add the following line to autoexec.bat
>   
>   LH KEYB UK

> STEP 3:
>   Remove the following entries from C:\config.sys
>   
>   Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys    

I advise against removing this line altogether. It would affect other
things than just the keyboard layout. The COUNTRY affects date/time
displays, too, IIRC. 

It's only the "850" in that line alone that's really causing the
trouble, in my experience. Just remove it, or replace it with the
default (437), and that's it.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.