[comp.sys.mac.comm] Mysteries of the VT220

hayes@jazz.concert.net (Brian Hayes - Sigma Xi) (09/29/90)

 
Friends:
 
Can anyone tell me what the VT220 terminal sends over the wire when 
you press the GOLD or the GREEN key? I am trying to talk to a VAX 
(running VMS) that wants to believe my Mac is a VT220. Indeed, I 
have stumbled into a loop that I can exit only by typing a key sequence 
that begins with GOLD. Although I am using a DA called Term220 
that is meant to emulate the VT220, I can't find a key that produces the 
right effect. If only I knew what ASCII code the VAX wants to see, I 
could probably find a way to send it.
 
Thanks for your help.
--Brian Hayes
   hayes@concert.net
   

resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) (10/01/90)

hayes@jazz.concert.net (Brian Hayes - Sigma Xi) writes:
> 
>Friends:
> 
>Can anyone tell me what the VT220 terminal sends over the wire when 
>you press the GOLD or the GREEN key? I am trying to talk to a VAX 
>(running VMS) that wants to believe my Mac is a VT220. Indeed, I 
>have stumbled into a loop that I can exit only by typing a key sequence 
>that begins with GOLD. Although I am using a DA called Term220 
>that is meant to emulate the VT220, I can't find a key that produces the 
>right effect. If only I knew what ASCII code the VAX wants to see, I 
>could probably find a way to send it.
> 
>Thanks for your help.
>--Brian Hayes
>   hayes@concert.net
>

How about ESC-OP or CMI-OP? The VT100 ESC-OP should do the same thing
since VT220's can be in VT100 mode. Just a PF1.

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