22 Nov
1998
22 Nov
'98
5:06 a.m.
At 10:26 11/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Zane, Hmmm, let me find the one or two webpages which mention this
paging thing . . .
Back again. Ah-ha, here's a quote:
<begin quote>
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It
provides DEC VT102 and
Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window
system directly. If the
underlying operating system supports terminal resizing capabilities (for
example, the SIGWINCH signal
in systems derived from 4.3bsd), xterm will use the facilities to notify
programs running in the window
whenever it is resized.
The VT102 and Tektronix 4014 terminals each have their own window so that
you can edit text in one
and look at graphics in the other at the same time.
<end quote>
That's how I got the idea of VT102 having a page or window . . . It's from
a company that has an xterm terminal emulator program for X Windows:
http://www.neosoft.com/neosoft/man/xterm.1.html.
This was the most info I could find on a VT 102 up to now.
Possibly because DEC figured some readers of the Handbook may not be the
sysadmin or technical type and DEC wanted them to understand ALL then-known
machine families sold by DEC could handle the terminal??
Anybody have a User's Manual or a good copy they're willing to sell me?
Thanks, Chris
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I have a VT
102. The only info I can find thru searches is that it is very
similar to the VT 100 and has some sort of paging capability like a
Tektronix 4014 terminal. Also, there were a lot of pointers to terminal
I think you're talking about a VT-240 or VT-241, these are the only two
listed with Tek 4014 emulation. emulators that have VT 102 compatibility. No help
from them either.
Could anybody point me to info on this terminal or at least describe what I
I found info in the "Terminals & Printers Handbook 1983-1984", but it's
very limited info. Obviously the VT-102 Users Guide would be the best
source of info.
have got and if it would be useable with VMS (the
paging feature)?
Standard
--------
Advanced Video Features:
132 chars/line-by-24 lines
blink, bold characters
Printer Port
Half-Duplex Communications
Local Echo
It also sounds like it supports some limited line editing features.
According to the manual the Terminal itself should work with PDP-8s,
MicroPDP-11s, PDP-11s, VAXes, DECSYSTEM-10s and DECSYSTEM-20s. Don't quite
know why it lists both MicroPDP-11s and PDP-11s.