On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM Rune Devik [email protected]
<https://mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Hi
>
> I'm not 100% sure actually so others will have to chime in here as well
> but:
>
> * If running with the Norwegian ROM and Norwegian keyboard settings I
> would expect it to adhere to the Norwegian keyboard.
>
Does Virtual T do that already?
I have been playing with the US rom in combination with the Norwegian
> keyboard and that is especially hard because chars used in BASIC like = ? ;
> : $ are in different places. So currently trying to input a basic program
> on the VirtualT (US ROM) using a Norwegian keyboard is almost impossible. I
> have to try all keys until I find these signs each time...
>
Yes! Having to try all keys each time has been exactly my experience when I
use the Norwegian ROM with my US keyboard. I found the positional (instead
of symbolic) layout quite difficult to use. After hunting for the ? for the
hundredth time, I finally created a Rosetta stone for myself by banging out
a DO file in the text editor. I don’t know how useful it will be for you,
but here are the first 16 lines
To get this char, press this US key
┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐
│-│/│=│)│[│'│]│[│;│<│'│=│/│&│<│-│>│=│?│_
─┴ └─┴ └─┴©└─┴©└─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴©└─┴©└─┴
┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐
│@│;│^│/│&│^│*│+│(│*│)│(│_│?│+│-│:│>│"│@
─┴©└─┴©└─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴ └─┴
American Kbd vs Norwegian
1234567890-= 1234567890+'
qwertyuiop[] qwertyuiopåÅ
asdfghjkl;' asdfghjkløæ
zxcvbnm,./ zxcvbnm,.-
!@#$%^&*()_+ !"#$%&/()=?*
QWERTYUIOP{} QWERTYUIOP{}
ASDFGHJKL:" ASDFGHJKLØÆ
ZXCVBNM<>? ZXCVBNM;:_
* Given my experience above with US ROM and Norwegian keyboard I will
> assume that if I actually have an US Keyboard and the Norwegian ROM loaded
> I would still want it to adhere as good as possible to the US keyboard. But
> then your question is a solid one because where would you then put æøå...
> That I don't know actually.. are there any keys left that might do the
> trick? :)
>
I think if Virtual T allowed one to type æ in the OS (which as you pointed
out most OSes can do) and it showed up as æ on the Model T, that would be
ideal.
Another possibility is for Virtual T users with US keyboards to use the
CODE key (Right Alt in Virtual T). Please verify if I’m correct, but I
believe on the genuine Televerket Modell 100, you can type those letters by
holding down CODE and pressing w, x, and period. If that’s the case, then
Virtual T already supports one way of typing æøå.
—b9
On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM Kenneth Pettit <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Rune
>>
>> Looking at the picture of this Norwegian Model 100, it seems like it
>> follows a standard Norwegian keyboard which is of course different from a
>> USA keyboard. But on my Macbook Pro, when I enable the Norwegian keyboard,
>> the M100 emulation glyphs actually match up perfectly to the key locations
>> (i.e. the key matrix to character mapping is the same, just the key caps
>> are different to show different letters / characters typed.
>>
>> So the question is this ... if you are running VirtualT with the
>> Norwegian ROM but a US keyboard layout, how would you want it to behave?
>> Would you want it to give you the exact key that you pressed that matches
>> the keycap on the USA keyboard layout, or would you want it as it is ...
>> where it generates the character that matches what is normally in that key
>> location on an actual Norwegian keyboard? And if it is the later, then
>> how would you want to enter characters like ø,Ø, æ, Æ, å, Å etc.?
>>
>> Ken
>>
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