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From: lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford, MA)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: RE: VT100's and handshaking
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Date: 24 Sep 90 14:54:18 GMT
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In article <4613@crash.cts.com>, mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson) writes...
> 
>	1)  Does the blasted thing support any handshaking other than
>		XON/XOFF?  DTR is apparently not used.  I cannot
>believe that DEC would build a mainframe terminal with no hardware
>handshaking!

Digital did build one, later.  It's called the VT102.  Neither VT100 nor VT101
terminals support DTR/DSR handshaking.

>	2) How do you write to the 25th line on the thing?  Or does it
>have one?  I remember that there was an "advanced graphics option (
>NOT REGIS )" for the VT-100.  Does that support it?

No VT100 or VT200 series terminal (or any option) provides a 25th line.

Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford MA  (lasko@regent.enet.dec.com)
Disclaimer: My opinions are my own; the facts can speak for themselves.