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From: craig@med.unc.edu (Ron Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Anybody remember the DVORAK keyboard layout?
Summary: Batch files for MSDOS 101-key to DVORAK on comp.os.msdos.misc
Keywords: keyboard, speed, typewriter, human factors, ergonomic, Dvorak, Sholes, software, carpal tunnel, Maltron, ANSI, Navy, Kermit, Ralph Nader
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Date: 7 Jun 91 19:19:48 GMT
References: <1991May29.172841.25136@cs.utk.edu>
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I have posted an article to comp.os.msdos.misc that contains the source
for 2 batch files to run under msdos and ANSI.SYS to convert as shown 
below to DVORAK and back to SHOLES.  I posted them in c.o.m.m. because 
they are specific to msdos machines.  I released those batch files into 
the public domain.  They're nothing special, but they do keep you from 
typing it in yourself.  

They also allow you to use DVORAK *right now*, even if you don't have
SuperKey or some other such program to do the remapping for you.

Of course, there can't be a warranty or guarantees or any of that sort 
of thing.  Be careful prying those keycaps off.  I happen to have a spare 
101-key keyboard and a cable to extend my keyboard reach.  So now I have a 
DVORAK keyboard and a sholes keyboard, commands to change the layouts,
and I just swap keyboards at the end of the extension cable.  I don't
even have to reach behind my machine!  Now if I can find time to 
learn the layout ;->

In article <1991May29.172841.25136@cs.utk.edu> shuford@cs.utk.edu (Richard 
Shuford) gave us the 101-key layout:
>      Dvorak                 Sholes
>      ------                 ------
>  ~!@#$%^&*()|+{         ~!@#$%^&*()_+|           shifted top row
>  `1234567890\=[         `1234567890-=\         unshifted top row
>
>    "<>PYFGCRL?}           QWERTYUIOP{}
>    ',.pyfgcrl/]           qwertyuiop[]
>
>    AOEUIDHTNS_            ASDFGHJKL:"
>    aoeuidhtns-            asdfghjkl;'
>
>     :QJKXBMWVZ             ZXCVBNM<>?            shifted bottom row
>     ;qjkxbmwvz             zxcvbnm,./          unshifted bottom row

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