Setting up a real DEC VT100 terminal ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals Lines: 63 Message-ID: <29245@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> Organization: DEC -- Video, Image and Printer Systems Group Date: 25 Oct 1991 02:02:07 GMT From: sherwin@royalt.enet.dec.com (Jim Sherwin) Subject: Re: VT100 (DEC) Setup Problem (online/offline) Striking the SET-UP key places you into SET-UP A mode. SET-UP A is basically your tab stops. Use the space bar to move along the ruler and strike the T key at the desired tab stop location. SET-UP B may only be entered from SET-UP A and is done be striking the 5 on the main keyboard (i.e. top-row). To exit SET-UP B strike the SET-UP key. The SET-UP parameters are as follows: Bank Position Parameters 1 1 Scroll; 0=jump; 1=smooth 1 2 Autorepeat; 0=off; 1=on 1 3 Screen; 0=dark; 1=light 1 4 Cursor; 0=underline; 1=block 2 1 Margin Bell; 0=off; 1=on 2 2 Keyclick; 0=off; 1=on 2 3 ANSI/VT52; 0=VT52; 1=ANSI 2 4 Auto XON/XOFF; 0=off; 1=on 3 1 Pound Sign; 0=octothorpe; 1=British Pound 3 2 Wrap Around; 0=off; 1=on 3 3 New Line; 0=off; 1=on 3 4 Interlace; 0=off; 1=on 4 1 Parity Sense; 0=odd; 1=even 4 2 Parity; 0=off; 1=on 4 3 Bits per Char; 0=7 bits; 1=8 bits 4 4 Power; 0=60 Hz; 1=50 Hz While in SET-UP B mode, these features are set by positioning the cursor above the feature switch, using the spacebar, and striking the 6 key on the main keyboard. To set the ANSWERBACK MESSAGE, enter SET-UP B and strike the SHIFT and A keys simultaneously. The terminal will respond with A = on the screen. Type a message delimiter character which may be any chaacter not used in the actual message. Type the ANSWERBACK MESSAGE, up to 20 characters. Type the message delimiter character. The message will disappear from the screen. You may not edit an ANSWERBACK MESSAGE. You may only supercede it with a new ANSWERBACK MESSAGE. To save the SET-UP, strike the SHIFT and S keys simultaneously, while in SET-UP mode. I hope this helps. Jim <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> <> "When things are going well, \ Jim Sherwin a.k.a. <> <> someone will inevitably \ sherwin@royalt.enet.dec.com <> <> experiment detrimentally." \ !decwrl!royalt.enet.dec.com!sherwin <> <> Boyle's Second Law \ sherwin%royalt.enet@decwrl.dec.com <> <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.bbs Path: utkcs2!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!think.com!news.bbn.com!news.bbn.com!news NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <1992Jul8.204233.13120@csusac.csus.edu> <1992Jul9.053233.11670@f109f.mil.se> Date: 11 Jul 1992 00:04:09 GMT From: Paul Placeway Subject: Re: Detecting ANSI on a remote system nils@f109f.mil.se (Nils Hammar) writes: < emamid@athena.ecs.csus.edu (David Emami) writes: < >I am currently writing a communications app using TurboVision; I've got a < >view that can display ANSI, but how do I let the system that I hook up with < >that I can use ANSI codes. Most BBS's that I've tried respond with "ANSI < >detected" or "ANSI not detected" when I login using a commercial term < >program, based on the emulation I'm using. I presume that the BBS sends a < >string which I need to respond to in a certain way; what should my program < >be looking for, and how should it answer? Any help would be appreciated. < What I have been using is the function that reports the cursor position. < If you get an answer on that request that is correct, it's ANSI, or a VT100 < compatible terminal. To determine if it's a VT100 or similar, you will have < to send a second request that's only recognized by the VT100 or < similar terminals. That request will result in an answer that tells you < almost everything that you need to know about the terminal. < If this secondary request doesn't give you any response, then it's only < ANSI. This is a really nice way to find out if you can send high resolution < graphics to the caller too. What a surprise to get a hig resolution < picture on the screen when you are calling an ordinary BBS! The ANSI Device Status Report (DSR) is ESC [ n where is 5 for a status report (OK reply is "ESC [ 0 n"), and 6 for report cursor position (reply is "ESC [ ; R"). ANSI (and DEC) Send Device Attributes is ESC [ c where is a number, in ASCII 0-9, and usually is 0 for the request. Here are a (small) selection of replies: what reply comments ---- ----- ----------- xterm ESC[?1;2c VT100 w/AVO MacKermit ESC[?1;2c VT102 ESC[?6c VT320 ESC[63;1;2;8;9c (These are from vttest, by Per Lindberg) vanilla VT100 ESC[?1;0c no options VT100 with STP ESC[?1;1c VT100 with AVO ESC[?1;2c could be a VT102 VT100 with STP and AVO ESC[?1;3c VT100 with GPO ESC[?1;4c VT100 with STP and GPO ESC[?1;5c VT100 with AVO and GPO ESC[?1;6c VT100 with STP, AVO and GPO ESC[?1;7c VT100 with PP and AVO ESC[?1;11c VT100 with PP, GPO and AVO ESC[?1;15c VT132 with AVO ESC[?4;2c VT132 with AVO and STP ESC[?4;3c VT132 with GPO and AVO ESC[?4;6c VT132 with GPO, AVO, and STP ESC[?4;7c VT132 with PP and AVO ESC[?4;11c VT132 with PP, GPO and AVO ESC[?4;15c VT131 ESC[?7c VT125 ESC[?12;5c VT125 also has ROM version VT125 with AVO ESC[?12;7c number, so this won't work VK100 (GIGI) ESC[?5;0c VK100 (GIGI) ESC[?5c DXterm (DEC's version of xterm) ESC[?63;1;3;4;6;8;9;15;16;29c < For this reason, I once wrote a program that convert PCX pictures < to DEC Sixel Graphics. It was interesting to view those pictures < on the screen with MS-KERMIT (which supports Sixel Graphics in colour.) < The only disadvantage was that Sixel graphics is bitmapped and slow. This is cute, but one needs to be careful about assuming what a terminal emulator will do based on what it claims to be. There are a lot of mediocre "emulations" out there. This is partially because the ANSI spec allows the terminal to do a lot of weird and unexpected things, like embedding simple control characters in the middle of an escape sequence. ("foo ^H^[^H[^H4^HCbar" should render as "foo bar". Yuck.) -- Paul Placeway ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// From cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!math.ohio-state.edu !hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu !not-for-mail Fri Oct 27 11:47:31 EDT 1995 Newsgroups: comp.terminals Path: cs.utk.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc !math.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu !news.iastate.edu!not-for-mail Message-ID: <46na44$5vr@news.iastate.edu> References: <461rra$t6u@news.azstarnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cumquat.cs.iastate.edu Lines: 65 Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Date: 26 Oct 1995 06:33:40 GMT From: set@cs.iastate.edu (Set) Subject: Re: Success!! (was Re: serial flow control) [what the vt102 bits are] In article <461rra$t6u@news.azstarnet.com>, Nathan Hendler wrote: > > It seems that my problem with the VT102 has ended. Xon Xoff was the > answer. My stty is set to ixon -ixoff. I used at&k4 for my modem to > turn on Xon/Xoff (not transparent xon/xoff). I'm sure that there is > a way to turn on hardware flow control, but being that there are 3 > banks of 4 binary settings that I don't know, it's no supprise that > I didn't figure it out. > > If anyone knows what the last 3 banks in setup b are for, please let > me know. Also, I highly recomend buying a VT102 if you see one for > $10. It's what I did, and it's quite a deal. Almost as good as the > Televideo I found for $1.25 > > Nathan Hendler This is off the bank of my vt102 keyboard....relating to setup B bank1 scroll 0jump 1smooth auto repeat 0off 1on screen 0dark 1light cursor 0underline 1block bank2 bell 0off 1on keyclick 0off 1on ansi/vt52 0vt52 1ansi auto xon/xoff 0off 1on bank3 us/uk char 0us 1uk autowrap 0off 1on line feed/new line 0off 1on local echo 0off 1on bank4 print term.char 0none 1ff print extent 0scroll reg 1full screen stop bits 0(1bit) 1(2bits) recieve parity 0ignore 1check bank5 break enable 0off 1on disconnect char enable 0off 1on disc delay 0uk 1other auto answerback 0off 1on bank6 initial dir 0RCV 1XMT auto turnaround 0manual 1auto res (0) res (0) bank7 power 060hz 150hz wpsterm 0off 1on clock (1) res (0) -- Paul set@CS.iastate.edu ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.15.149.110 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:55 -0500 References: <1190414803.639079.4580@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <46F5DB06.7843F05A@spam.comcast.net> <1190979508.742728.263330@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <46FEC4C1.F9E25CD5@spam.comcast.net> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:53 -0500 From: David J Dachtera Subject: Re: incredulous -- VT100 "doesn't work with UNIX?" wm.s.armstrong@gmail.com wrote: > > [snip] > Thanks for the affirmation, gents! The terminal in question is on its > way to me! NOW... If you've never owned a |D|I|G|I|T|A|L| VT100 before, beware: The power-on operation does a "destructive" read of the ROM-based firmware. After so many power-ups, the ROM becomes unreadable. This was a design issue at the time -- the technology to fix it did not evolve until the VT200 series. Once you power it up, plan on leaving it on until the next power outage, and then hope you have a generator and a UPS with enough lifetime to carry over until the generator starts up and the transfer switch kicks in. On the UNIX thing, VT100s go back to long before VMS (RSX, RSTS, RT-11, etc.). -- David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/ Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/ Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/ Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: <1190414803.639079.4580@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <46F5DB06.7843F05A@spam.comcast.net> <1190979508.742728.263330@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <46FEC4C1.F9E25CD5@spam.comcast.net> Message-ID: <13ftmga4fitup8a@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:04:42 -0000 From: Thomas Dickey Subject: Re: incredulous -- VT100 "doesn't work with UNIX?" David J Dachtera wrote: > > On the UNIX thing, VT100s go back to long before VMS (RSX, RSTS, RT-11, etc.). 1976 (VT100) versus VMS (1978). Not so long from a 30-year perspective. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net/ ftp://invisible-island.net/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////