From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   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.   
   >>   
   >> 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?   
      
      
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