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Alt Gr + \
Name: Juan Andres Date: June 24, 2002 at 02:00:50 Pacific
Comment:
Hello. I have MS-Dos 6.22 English, but I use the spanish language (keyb sp,,keyboard.sys in autoexec.bat). I don't use country.sys or such lines at config.sys. I have a spanish keyboard and my problem is that when I try to type the \ symbol (AltGr key + º) the system hangs. Anybody can help me?
Hold the Alt key down and type 092 on the numeric keypad to get \.
In fact, if you can't get any character, alt and the numeric equivalent on the numeric keypad will normally get you there. See the character map for the numeric equivalents.
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