Re: QZERTY vs QWERTY

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:32:16 -0500

Hi Mark,

The difference is in the keyboard layout, the ASCII code is the same. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:92DDC3C2-89CD-4C80-9864-4BE4E073C443@microsoft.com...
> What difference do the keyboards make on a PC running XP?  Are the same 7 
> bit
> ASCII characters sent regardless of the keyboard type for any given key?
>
> Any resources out there that can help me inderstand the differences of 
> these
> keyboards, and the difference they make on what is being sent to the 
> computer?
>
> Thanks
> -- 
> Mark

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