Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:01:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: windows ME is not for me
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> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 5 Mar 2001 18:40:48 GMT
> 
> Not being able to generate a character is usually related to the
> keyboard, not the code page of a DOS box.

Perhaps; but these two are usually installed together.

> It's well-established praxis
> here in Germany to not use DISPLAY.SYS at all. Only MS hasn't heard of
> it, still :-(

Yes, DISPLAY.SYS is evil, in my experience.