vt100 terminfo with padding for an actual vt100?

william degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 11:29:28 CDT 2016


On Sep 5, 2016 12:05 PM, "Peter Coghlan" <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie> wrote:
>
> Fritz Mueller wrote:
> >
> > > On Sep 4, 2016, at 6:08 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Even better, I found this post, this is my how to attach a vt100 to a
VAX
> > > 4000, you can apply to most any case
> >
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Thanks for you help!
> >
> > I will say that I have the getty running fine, baud rate, serial
format, etc.
> > all okay.  Works just fine at 1200 baud and below.  At higher baud
rates, it
> > seems like the vt100 is dropping some characters or bits after certain
> > escape sequences, even with xon/xoff flow control enabled, so I’m
*pretty*
> > sure the issue is just with the padding values in the vt100 terminfo
spec?
> >
>
> I've got a VT102 Video Terminal User Guide (EK-VT102-UG-003) which
contains
> a table of fill characters required for different control codes / escape
> sequences / display characters at each possible baud rate.  Here's what it
> lists for 19200 baud:
>
>  324 IND, LF, NEL, RI (Smooth Scroll)
>  191 DECCOLM
>  190 DECALN
>  144 ED (132 Col)
>  104 ED (80 Col)
>   32 IND, LF, NEL, RI (Jump Scroll)
>    6 EL (132 Col)
>    4 EL (80 Col)
>    7 DECINLM
>    2 All others except RIS and DECTST
>
> The appendix also seems to hint that the VT100 has different requirements
so
> this may not be very useful to you but it might give you a rough idea.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan.

The link I provided has exactly what keystrokes and settings to use for
8/n/1 and 19200, plus a link to the vt100 manual.  VT102 is not the same.
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