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Internal DOS Commands

ABOUT CHCP
  Before the chcp command can be used the nlsfunc must be loaded as well as the country.sys must be loaded into the config.sys. The chcp command is used to supplement the International keyboard and character set information allowing MS-DOS to be used in other countries and with different languages.
  The CD command is built into the command.com which means this command is an internal command and is available in
     MS-DOS 6.22 and above
     Windows 95
     Windows 98
     Windows NT
     Windows 2000
CHCP SYNTAX
  Displays or sets the active code page number.
     CHCP [nnn]
     nnn Specifies a code page number.
     Type CHCP without a parameter to display the active code page number.
EXAMPLES
     chcp = Will display the page number.
     chcp 447 = Sets the active page to 447.
HOW TO LOAD
   If you are using MS-DOS you would want to substitute c:\windows\command with c:\dos

      Autoexec.bat

     country=354,861; c:\windows\command.country.sys
     Device=c:\windows\command\display.sys con=(,,2)

     Config.sys

     mode con cp prepare=((861 850) c:\windows\command\ega2.cpi)
     mode con cp select=861
     keyb is,,c:\windows\command\keybrd2.sys