Re: tlug: US student moving to Tokyo

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Scott Stone writes:
 > On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
 > 
 > 
 > Here's what can be even worse - the Proton P5-233MMX notebook (possibly a
 > Sony Vaio 731 OEM) has a Japanese keyboard.. but the CMOS setup is in
 > English (as it should be), BUT.. the CMOS setup assumes a U.S. keymap, so
 > things like 'use +/- to alter value' can get interesting on this machine
 > :)
 > 
Oh come on that`s nothing. The CMOS setup is always in English (I
don`t say that it shouldn`t be) and it assumes a U.S. keymap, so you
are in trouble if you have a German keyboard and try to press Y to
confirm the changes you made and the computer doesn`t react because it 
gets a Z und you don`t know what`s happening :). I know a couple of
people who never figured that one out.

Marcus

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