DEC VT102

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Nov 22 15:45:52 1998

< VT100 users to hit F5 through F10 to access certain abilities
< that are rather necessary - such as exiting the editor. Despite
< repeated phone calls to the company, I've yet to convince them that
< a VT100 does NOT have F5 through F10 function keys. They claim that
< because some popular Windows-based emulators implement these function
< keys in VT100 mode, a real VT100 must as well. Arrggghhh!!!! I'm

My answer to them is, if I jump off a bridge will you too? They may have
confused Vt100 with Vt220(and later) as they do have the function keys.
What PCs do/did should never count as valid.

< tempted to deliver a half-dozen true VT100's to their corporate
< offices via catapult.

Tim,

Big time right on. Being an exDEC terminals and printers widget I have
yet to find a terminal emulation on the PC that does a correct
VT100(series) or remotely passable Vt2xx/3xx even the the latter have
very similar key layouts. They are universally broken.

My local solution is the use of RealTerminal (TM) IE: a in the flesh
vt100/102, H19, Vt320, VT340 or vt1200. I know they are honest.

Allison
Received on Sun Nov 22 1998 - 15:45:52 GMT

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