Article 3085 of comp.terminals: Path: utkcs2!darwin.sura.net!mips!think.com!news.bbn.com!bbn.com!pdsmith From: pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Help with a vt-100 Date: 3 May 1992 17:40:16 GMT Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 163 Message-ID: References: <1992May2.103106.2707@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Reply-To: pdsmith@spca.bbn.com (Peter D. Smith) NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com In article <1992May2.103106.2707@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aa710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Greg Johns) writes: >I need docs for a 1980 vt-100 terminal (Digital). >Especially for the DIP switch settings. What DIP switches? Do you mean the SETUP switches? Here goes! comp.terminals unofficial FAQ ============================== 19-DEC-1991 Modifed Q. 2 (Interesting DEC escape sequences) Added d) (printer on/off) 22-NOV-1991 Added Q. 7 (Concept 108 baud rate) 20-NOV-1991 Added Q. 6 (VT125 setups) and changed Q.1 to point to Q.6 1-NOV-1991 Added Q. 5 (cursor on and off) 1) How do I save my VT100 setups? -- see question 6 2) What are interesting DEC escape sequences? a) ESC [ ? 5 h :(white on black) or ESC [ ? 5 l (black on white). b) ESC [ ? 6 7 l :to make <=] send DEL; ESC[?67h to make it send BackSpace. c) ESC [ ? 2 5 h :Cursor visible; ESC [ ? 2 5 l --- Cursor Invisible d) ESC [ i :Printer control, possible values are 0=print screen 5=turn on printer controller 4=turn off.. ?0=print graphics screen ?5=turn on auto-print ?4=turn off.. 3) What are the DIP switches for an H19 (or Z19)? Switch S402 0 cursor is 0=underscore 1=block 1 keys 0=will 1=wont click 2 lines 0=wont 1=will wrap 3 Auto LF on CR is 0=off 1=on 4 Auto CR on LF is 0=off 1=on 5 Terminal mode is 0=Heath/Zenith 1=Ansi 6 keypad 0=normal 1=shifted 7 refresh 0=60Hz 1=50Hz Switch S401 0..3 = Baud rate, on of N/A 110 150 300 600 1200 1800 2000 2400 3600 4800 7200 9600 N/A N/A N/A such that if all switches are ZERO except switch 0, terminal is 300 baud 4 Parity is 0=off 1=on 5 Parity is 0=even 1=odd 6 Parity is 0=normal 1=stick 7 Duplex is 0=half 1=full From: Joseph Gil Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Q: How can an application set the Backarrow (the key at the north east side of the keyboard which is supposed to erase the previous char. The icon on it is something like <=] partkey of vt320 to send backspace? DEL? A: Send ESC[?67l to make <=] send DEL Send ESC[?67h to make it send BackSpace. The following CSH script in unix may turn useful for switching between the two modes. if ($?DEL) then stty erase "^?" echo "[?67l" else stty erase "" echo "[?67h" endif 5) How do I turn my cursor on and off? ESC [ ? 2 5 h --- Cursor visible ESC [ ? 2 5 l --- Cursor Invisible Many "ANSI" terminal implement this, including all DEC VT100 and higher, the Kermit terminal emulator, etc, but not all. 6) What are the VT1xx setup items? Storing SETUP -- go into SETUP-A mode and press 'S' Recalling SETUP -- go into SETUP-A mode and press 'R' Resetting to factory default -- go into SETUP-A mode and press 'reset' Screen brightness -- go into SETUP-A mode and use up/down arrow keys. SETUP B Bank 1 Scroll is 0=jump 1 =smooth Auto repeat 0=off 1=on Screen background is 0=dark 1=light Cursor is 0=underline 1=block Bank 2 Margin Bell is 0=off 1=on Key click is 0=off 1=on Terminal is a 0=vt52 1=ansi (vt100) Auto XON is 0=off 1=on Bank 3 Character set is 0=us 1=uk Auto wrap is 0=off 1=on Line feed/new line is 0=off 1=on Interlace is 0=off 1=on Bank 4 Parity sense is 0=odd 1=even Parity is 0=off 1=on There are 0=7 1=8 bits/char Power supply is 0=60 1=50 hz Bank 5 Reserved = 0 Aux. Port has 0=7 1=8 bits/char Aux port speed is 00=300 01=1200 10=2400 11=9600 Aux port speed second bit 7. How do I change the baud rate of my Concept 108 terminal?? According to the manual... 3.Display the status line by typing the STAT key. If the termina is not in Remote mode (Field g), select Remote mode by typing the two keys MULT CODE 9. If the terminal is not in Programmer mode (Field h), select Programmer mode by typing the two keys MULT CODE U (note - upper case U) 4.Select the appropriate duplex setting (Field c). The factory default is Half Duplex. If this setting is correct proceed to step 5. Change the duplex by one of following [sic] two key sequences: MULT CODE 8 (Full Duplex) MULT CODE * (Half Duplex) Hint the following manufacturers are usually Half Duplex .... [list of bankrupt manufacturs follows] 5.Select the appropriate parity setting (Field e). The factory default is noe (not parity bit is sent). If this is correct proceed to step 6. To change the parity type one of the following three key sequences: MULT CODE P Space (none) MULT CODE P ! (Even) MULT CODE P " (Odd) MULT CODE P # (Mark) MULT CODE P $ (Space) 6.Select the appropriate Baud Rate setting (field b). The factory default setting is 300 baud [!] If this setting is correct proceed to step 7. To change the Baud Rante type one of the following three key sequences: MULT CODE O Space 50 MULT CODE O ! 75 MULT CODE O " 110 MULT CODE O # 135 MULT CODE O $ 150 MULT CODE O % 300 MULT CODE O & 600 MULT CODE O ' 1200 MULT CODE O ( 1800 MULT CODE O ) 2000 MULT CODE O * 2400 MULT CODE O + 3600 MULT CODE O , 4800 MULT CODE O - 7200 MULT CODE O . 9600 7.Select the appropriate stop bit setting (Field d). The factory default setting is two stop bits. If this is correct proceed to step 8. To change the number of stop bits type one of the following four key sequences: MULT CODE Space < ! (One stop bit) MULT CODE Space < " (Two stop bits) Stop bits are usually set to two for baud rate of 300 or below and otherwise are set to one. 8.Once you have achieved communications you can store these setting permanently in the terminal by typing the three character sequence MULT CODE Space C Article 2441 of comp.terminals: Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!transfer.stratus.com!xylogics.com!Xylogics.COM!carlson From: carlson@Xylogics.COM (James Carlson) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Need IBM 3270 Termcap entry Date: 2 Jun 1994 20:38:15 GMT Organization: Xylogics Incorporated Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2slfvn$bt8@newhub.xylogics.com> References: <2slel0$6ea@news.moneng.mei.com> Reply-To: carlson@xylogics.com NNTP-Posting-Host: steam.xylogics.com In article <2slel0$6ea@news.moneng.mei.com>, patd@elvis.moneng.mei.com (Patrick Davies) writes: |> Kieu Hua (khua@husc10.harvard.edu) wrote: |> : I am looking for an Unix termcap entry for IBM3270 terminal. If you have it, |> : can you kindly send a copy to me? |> |> I am unfamiliar with the IBM3270 terminal, but if it is at all backward |> compatible with other IBM terminals, maybe one or more of the following |> will help: IBM 3270 is not an ASCII terminal -- there is no possible termcap entry for it. It is not at all related to IBM character-oriented terminals. "3270" is the name of a class of terminal devices which use a packet- oriented protocol (called, naturally enough, the "3270 data stream") for commands and use EBCDIC for character codes. It's more like a network device than it is like a regular character terminal, such as a VT100. This stuff should be in the FAQ. -- James Carlson Tel: +1 617 272 8140 Annex Software Support / Xylogics, Inc. +1 800 225 3317 53 Third Avenue / Burlington MA 01803-4491 Fax: +1 617 272 2618 Article 2444 of comp.terminals: Path: cs.utk.edu!emory!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!owens.slip.uiuc.edu!jbn From: jbn@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Need IBM 3270 Termcap entry Date: 3 Jun 94 18:12:46 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <2slel0$6ea@news.moneng.mei.com> <2slfvn$bt8@newhub.xylogics.com> Reply-To: jbn@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) NNTP-Posting-Host: owens.slip.uiuc.edu carlson@Xylogics.COM (James Carlson) writes: >IBM 3270 is not an ASCII terminal -- there is no possible termcap entry >for it. It is not at all related to IBM character-oriented terminals. Yep, and it's also worth mentioning that tn3270 (a telnet command that makes 3270 datastreams usable from a ASCII character-oriented terminal) and 100% compatibles are freely available for a number of systems (including C source for Unix, Macintosh and MS-DOS). Check archie for details by searching for "3270". >This stuff should be in the FAQ. Yes, it should be, and if there's not an FAQ already I'll start one. -- No NeXTmail please