DEC VT220 Terminal, LK201 Keyboard

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

2018-10-01 work in progress

DEC VT220 Terminal, and the LK201 Keyboard that came with it, is created in 1983.

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DEC VT220 terminal, LK201 keyboard 〔image source 2020-08-25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEC_vt220.jpg 〕 6000×4000

This is probably the first keyboard with inverted arrow keys configuration. 〔see Arrow Keys History〕

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DEC LK201 Keyboard

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The VT220 video terminal came after VT100