DEC VT100 Terminal
By Xah Lee. Date: 2014-10-13 . Last updated: 2018-09-21 .
The glorious VT 100, introduced in 1978.
DEC VT100 terminal.
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It's got 80×24 characters screen.
DEC vt100 keyboard layout.
Source: VT100 User Guide, Digital Equipment Corporation, EK-VT100-UG-001 (1978).
Interesting features of the keyboard:
There is no Alt key. So, for emacs users, you have to press Escape instead.
There is a SETUP , on top left. From the manual: “This key is used in conjunction with other keys to perform specific functions such as setting tabs, scrolling, and altering terminal characteristics.”
Note the Ctrl CapsLock placements.
NO SCROLL key, on the left.
LINE FEED key, on the right.
Break key, on the right.
DELETE key, on the right.
〔see Practical Emacs Tutorial 〕
DEC VT100 terminal.
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DEC VT102 terminal.
http://decpicted.blogspot.com/2010/05/dec-vt102-vt100.html
DEC VT101 terminal.
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〔see GNU Emacs and XEmacs Schism 〕