15 Oct
2004
15 Oct
'04
2:01 a.m.
>>>> "Ed" == Ed Kelleher
<Pres(a)macro-inc.com> writes:
Ed> At 07:49 PM 10/14/2004, you wrote:
>> Please pardon my ignorance here, I'm going
out on a limb ...
>>
>> vt50dpy as in VT50/VT52?? VT100's were ANSI, VT50/VT52 were DEC
>> specific. They used way different programming codes.
> I suspect I misunderstood the manual when it said "Use VT50DPY for
> vt50,vt52 and vt100 terminals."
>
> The manual also mentions command options like /24 (use 24 lines
> instead of 12) and /DCA (use cursor control instead of spacing)
> but I am not sure how to supply those via the run command as in
> run $vt50dpy /24 /dca
>
> like that? It complains that it can't find some file, where run
> $vt50dpy starts up fine.
>
> I suppose I need to make a CCL.. right? :^)
Ed> Ohhhhh RSTS! Light bulb goes off in head - light leaks out nose
Ed> and ears from empty skull.
Ed> Thought that sounded familiar, VT50DPY was the continuously
Ed> updating SYSTAT thing? The "bring the system to it's knees"
Ed> program (along with Plane)? Real VT100's had a hardware VT52
Ed> emulation mode, or you could NOT use DCA and it should run on a
Ed> VT100.
Ed> But, a 7 character program name?? Thought RSTS and the others
Ed> were 6.3?
The name was VT50PY, or DISPLY, or something like that.
In V10.1, that program would do ANSI escape sequences if the terminal
appeared to be a VT100 or above (i.e., a scope with XON support and no
fill). But, judging by the sources, that wasn't available before
V10.1. So you can change the code :-) or you can track down an xterm
with VT52 escape support, or you could add it to xterm (VT52 escapes
are pretty simple...)
paul