[comp.terminals] Visual 200

gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (10/04/90)

In article <1990Oct04.044432.5071@comp.vuw.ac.nz> martin@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Martin Scharnke) writes:
>1.	To know if there is a way to configure these beasts to do VT100, and
>how to do it. (FYI, there are 2 8-bit DIP switches, 2 bits determine
>terminal emulation, and all but "Visual 200" I have never heard of!)

No, the Visual 200 emulates only simpler kinds of terminals.

>2.	To know how to program the function keys.

You don't.  The function keys transmit characteristic escape sequences
which you can map ("bind") on the compuer end of things.

Here is our termcap entry for the Visual 200:

#
# Visual 200
# The following switch settings are assumed for normal operation:
#	FULL_DUPLEX		SCROLL			CR
#	AUTO_NEW_LINE_ON	VISUAL_200_EMULATION_MODE
# Other switches may be set for operator convenience or communication
# requirements.
# Character insertion is kludged in order to get around the "beep" misfeature.
# Supposedly "4*" delays should be used for al, cd, cl, dc, and dl strings,
# but we seem to get along fine without them.
V2|vi200|Visual 200:\
	:ae=\EG:al=\EL:am:as=\EF:bl=^G:bs:bt=\Ez:cd=\Ey:ce=\Ex:cl=\Ev:\
	:cm=\EY%+ %+ :co#80:cr=^M:ct=\Eg:dc=\EO:dl=\EM:do=^J:ho=\EH:\
	:ic=\Ei \b\Ej:it#8:k0=\E?p:k1=\E?q:k2=\E?r:k3=\E?s:k4=\E?t:k5=\E?u:\
	:k6=\E?v:k7=\E?w:k8=\E?x:k9=\E?y:kA=\EL:kb=^H:kC=\Ev:kD=\EO:kd=\EB:\
	:kE=\Et:ke=\E>:kh=\EH:kI=\Ei:kL=\EM:kl=\ED:kM=\Ej:kr=\EC:kS=\EJ:\
	:ks=\E=:kT=\E1:kt=\E2:ku=\EA:le=^H:li#24:me=\E3\Eb:mh=\E4:mi:mk=\Ea:\
	:ms:nd=\EC:pf=\EX:po=\EW:ps=\EH\E]:rs=\E3\Eb\Ej\E\\\El\EG\Ec\Ek\EX:\
	:se=\E3:sf=^J:so=\E4:sr=\EI:st=\E1:ta=^I:up=\EA:ve=\Ec:vs=\Ed:\
	:bs:kn#10:pt: