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   On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 06:39:15 -0000 (UTC), "Kerr-Mudd,John"   
    wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:10:25 GMT, JJ  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:19:14 -0700 (PDT), jamesr...@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >>> I have had this problem in the past. Someone has remapped my keyboard   
   >>> so that I can not do a ampersand @, alt 064 will print the ampersand.   
   >>> If I do not use the ASCII equivalent it will print out ". I would   
   >>> like to automate into a batch file using the command screen and not   
   >>> have to use alt 064 everytime I need a ampersand.   
      
   Where is your ampersand key? Is it shift-2 or near the ENTER key?   
      
   >>> thanks   
   >>> Old dos and ide hard drive user here.   
   >>   
   >> Check the CONFIG.SYS file. Make sure it doesn't have any line which   
   >> loads KEYB.COM.   
   >>   
   >>   install=c:\dos\keyb.com xx ###   
   >>   
   >> Also check in AUTOEXEC.BAT which looks like this.   
   >>   
   >>   keyb xx ###   
   >>   
   >> If any is found, disable the line by inserting REM command at the   
   >> start of the line.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I think we need the OP's keyboard layout and locale as well in order to   
   > solve this one.   
   >   
   > OP: What do the shift-2, #, and \ keys produce? Do you have a £ on your   
   > keyboard? Which DOS version?   
      
   There may be no £ on his keyboard but perhaps shift-3 will generate one.   
      
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