Gah! ascii don't work??!

From: Ron Hudson <ron.hudson_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun Oct 17 14:35:08 2004

On Oct 17, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Stan Barr wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ron Hudson said:
>
>> simh running rsts
>>
>> print chr$(27);"[2J"
>>
>> prints
>>
>> $[2J
>>
>> not clear the screen. VT100 sequence is ESC[2J as well as ansi
>> sequence! It does the same thing on the direct-serial-connected vt100
>> emulating HP terminal...
>>
>
> Basic grabs the ESC...
> I think you need to do
> print chr$(155%);"[2J"

This is the same as the last suggestion chr$(27+128)... and prints ?[2J

I wonder if I need to "wake up" the terminal with some other escape
sequence
first????


>
> That's from memory...I don't have the fake PDP-11 switched on ATM.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
>
> The future was never like this!
>
>
Received on Sun Oct 17 2004 - 14:35:08 BST