Rainbow Dvorak

From: Mark Tapley <mtapley_at_swri.edu>
Date: Sat Jun 19 00:00:03 1999

jpero wrote:> ... very sinister quiet here....

        Quiet time, eh? I can help :-) by tossing out dumb questions.
Here's the first: I've got a DEC Rainbow 100A. I love it, but I love the
Dvorak keyboard layout more. There *is* a program on ftp.update.uu.se that
purports to rearrange the keyboard in software (guess mode on: it
intercepts the key input, remaps it using a table lookup, then passes it
back to the remainder of the key input routine : guess mode off)
        I've been emailed that the program works .... but it does *not*
work on my machine. It runs, terminates normally, and reports that it's
already installed (as a TSR?) if re-run, but it has no effect on the
keyboard.
        I have no Rainbow B to test it on, that could be the difference.
I'm running MS-DOS 3.10B from Suitable Solutions. Could a DECspert with
both a 100A and a 100B let me know if that's the problem? Better still, is
it easy to disassemble the program, find out where/how the intercept I
hypothesize is done, and re-target it for the 100A? Better still, does
anyone know the whereabouts of Jim Beveridge (sic?) the author of the
program?
        I know I've left out a slew of relevant details, like where the
program acutally is on update, what the Dvorak keyboard layout is, etc etc.
I'll be more than happy to supply them if anyone is interested in digging
into this and when I get back near my machine with a bit of time to dig
into it. I guess this is reasonably on-topic, but I'll be happy to take it
off-list if folks are happy with quiet time. Thanks in advance!
                                                - Mark
Received on Sat Jun 19 1999 - 00:00:03 BST