Microsoft KB Archive/74271

= Northgate OmniKey Dvorak Configuration is MS-DOS Compatible =

Article ID: 74271

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The Northgate Computer Systems OmniKey Ultra keyboard, in any of its Dvorak configurations, is completely transparent to MS-DOS versions 3.x and later.



MORE INFORMATION
The OmniKey Ultra keyboard has the capability of changing keyboard layout configurations. It contains a processor that receives signals from the keyboard. The processor compares that signal to one of its four internal tables: QWERTY (normal), Dvorak Standard, Dvorak Right-Handed, or Dvorak Left-Handed. You can specify which table the processor look at by using a DIP switch or key combination; see the &quot;Keyboard Addendum to OmniKey Ultra User's Guide&quot; for more details.

The processor translates the impulse to the character signal that would come from a key in the same physical position on a keyboard with the layout of the table that the OmniKey keyboard processor is currently looking at. The processor then passes along the translated impulse to the PC. The keyboard configuration is completely transparent to MS-DOS and can be used with any IBM-compatible PC.

Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00 hardware 6.00 6.20 3rdparty

Keywords: KB74271

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