diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/WindowsKeyboard.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/WindowsKeyboard.java
index 47b4ed77..6e76ff85 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/WindowsKeyboard.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/WindowsKeyboard.java
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ final class WindowsKeyboard {
 	private final WindowsDirectInputDevice keyboard;
 	private final IntBuffer temp_data_buffer;
 	private final ByteBuffer keyboard_state;
+	private final boolean unicode;
 	private final CharBuffer unicode_buffer;
+	private final ByteBuffer ascii_buffer;
 
 	public WindowsKeyboard(WindowsDirectInput dinput, long hwnd) throws LWJGLException {
 		this.dinput = dinput;
@@ -72,9 +74,19 @@ final class WindowsKeyboard {
 		keyboard.acquire();
 		temp_data_buffer = BufferUtils.createIntBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE*WindowsDirectInputDevice.DATA_SIZE);
 		keyboard_state = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(256);
-		unicode_buffer = BufferUtils.createCharBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
+		unicode = isWindowsNT();
+		if (unicode) {
+			unicode_buffer = BufferUtils.createCharBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
+			ascii_buffer = null;
+		} else {
+			unicode_buffer = null;
+			// ToAscii returns at most 2 characters
+			ascii_buffer = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(2);
+		}
 	}
 
+	private static native boolean isWindowsNT();
+
 	public void destroy() {
 		keyboard.unacquire();
 		keyboard.release();
@@ -117,12 +129,22 @@ final class WindowsKeyboard {
 				if (virt_key != 0 && GetKeyboardState(keyboard_state) != 0) {
 					// Mark key down in the scan code
 					dwOfs = dwOfs & 0x7fff;
-					unicode_buffer.clear();
-					int num_chars = ToUnicode(virt_key, 
+					int num_chars;
+					if (unicode) {
+						unicode_buffer.clear();
+						num_chars = ToUnicode(virt_key, 
 							dwOfs,
 							keyboard_state,
 							unicode_buffer,
 							unicode_buffer.capacity(), 0);
+					} else {
+						ascii_buffer.clear();
+						num_chars = ToAscii(virt_key, 
+							dwOfs,
+							keyboard_state,
+							ascii_buffer,
+							0);
+					}
 					if (num_chars > 0) {
 						int current_char = 0;
 						do {
@@ -130,7 +152,12 @@ final class WindowsKeyboard {
 								dst.putInt(0);
 								dst.put((byte)0);
 							}
-							int char_int = ((int)unicode_buffer.get()) & 0xFFFF;
+							int char_int;
+							if (unicode) {
+								char_int = ((int)unicode_buffer.get()) & 0xFFFF;
+							} else {
+								char_int = ((int)ascii_buffer.get()) & 0xFF;
+							}
 							dst.putInt(char_int);
 							dst.putLong(nanos);
 							current_char++;
@@ -151,6 +178,7 @@ final class WindowsKeyboard {
 	}
 	private static native int MapVirtualKey(int uCode, int uMapType);
 	private static native int ToUnicode(int wVirtKey, int wScanCode, ByteBuffer lpKeyState, CharBuffer pwszBuff, int cchBuff, int flags);
+	private static native int ToAscii(int wVirtKey, int wScanCode, ByteBuffer lpKeyState, ByteBuffer lpChar, int flags);
 	private static native int GetKeyboardState(ByteBuffer lpKeyState);
 
 	public void read(ByteBuffer buffer) {
diff --git a/src/native/windows/org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard.c b/src/native/windows/org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard.c
index 09a01e35..25af3184 100644
--- a/src/native/windows/org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard.c
+++ b/src/native/windows/org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard.c
@@ -45,12 +45,26 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard_MapVirtualKey(JNIEn
 	return MapVirtualKey(uCode, uMapType);
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard_isWindowsNT(JNIEnv *env, jclass unused) {
+	OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
+
+	osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osvi);
+	GetVersionEx(&osvi);
+	return osvi.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT ? JNI_TRUE : JNI_FALSE;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard_ToUnicode(JNIEnv *env, jclass unused, jint wVirtKey, jint wScanCode, jobject lpKeyState_obj, jobject pwszBuff_obj, jint cchBuff, jint flags) {
 	const PBYTE lpKeyState = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, lpKeyState_obj);
 	LPWSTR pwszBuff = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, pwszBuff_obj);
 	return ToUnicode(wVirtKey, wScanCode, lpKeyState, pwszBuff, cchBuff, flags);
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard_ToAscii(JNIEnv *env, jclass unused, jint wVirtKey, jint wScanCode, jobject lpKeyState_obj, jobject lpChar_obj, jint flags) {
+	const PBYTE lpKeyState = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, lpKeyState_obj);
+	LPWORD lpChar = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, lpChar_obj);
+	return ToAscii(wVirtKey, wScanCode, lpKeyState, lpChar, flags);
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_opengl_WindowsKeyboard_GetKeyboardState(JNIEnv *env, jclass unused, jobject lpKeyState_obj) {
 	PBYTE lpKeyState = (*env)->GetDirectBufferAddress(env, lpKeyState_obj);
 	return GetKeyboardState(lpKeyState);