Assuming keypad is required, the following 2 results were found.
Typing an ASCII character In DOS: Hold down the key while typing the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example: 178) In Windows for a DOS character: Hold down while typing the decimal on the keyboard keypad. (Example: 230) In Windows for a WIN...
formatting and get weird question mark characters instead such as: . How? Ensure you are using the numbers on your numeric keypad and NOT the numbers at the top of your keyboard for the following steps. Also check that you have "Num Lock" on/enabled....