LSI ADM3A with an unusual keyboard

This is a terminal customized for use with Xerox centralized production printers. 8700, 9700, late 1970's to early 1980's as I recall. I have two of these terminals on-hand, one still has the Xerox logo plate, the other does not. Both are operational though. The terminal was set up with custom commands apparently, so that pressing a particular key would send an entire command (This may have been handled on the controller side though). Working from memory here, as it's been a few years since we decommissioned our 9700. Our current printer, a Xerox 4090, has a similiar setup, with a newer LINK brand ADM3A terminal. The "SAMPLE COPY" button would send the full command to request a sample copy of the output. STOP halted the printer; CONTINUE continued printing the current job. STATUS would give information on jobs in the print queue (accounting ID, pages printed, total pages spooled to the print controller, etc). CLEAR would clear the entire input line. RUBOUT, I never used but I think it wipes out the currently selected word. To my knowledge, there was user operable no cursor positioning available of any kind. Any typos had to be remedied with either a change command (c/error/correction) or by retyping the entire line. The print controller was a PDP11/34 (or /34A), with various custom option cards and a bus expansion box installed. Removable-platter hard disk by CDC; StorageTek vacuum chamber 9-track tape drive. 800/1600/3200 bpi base, 6250 was an option. If anyone would like more info, I have complete service manuals on the 9700 printer (and a few parts) available. Also, DigiBarn has a page on the 9700 which is a bit dated. It also shows a different setup than what I ran. Ours had a full-height Xerox controller, as opposed to the PERQ T2 based controller. --Shaun -- "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." -- Winnie The Pooh http://www.lungs4amber.org