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From: j_prigot@wrglex.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: AnswerBack Option on VT Terminals
Message-ID: <63.2715eaf7@wrglex.uucp>
Date: 12 Oct 90 20:10:31 GMT
References: <1990Oct10.031153.1846@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
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In article <1990Oct10.031153.1846@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
> 	I don't read this new group often, so if anyone can help me out, I'd be
> greatful responces directly to me. Here's the problem/question:
> 
> 	On most vt termials, there are options that tell the host mainframe (in
> this case, a VMS system). When the vms system executes a inquire command, the
> terminal reponds with the type of vt it is. Now I have noticed that most vt
> terminals (including my vt 1.02 emulator) has an option called answerback and
> it accepts a text string for its setting. I am interested in the codes that one
> might send to invoke the terminal to transmit this string, defined in the
> answerback.  Does anyone have any ideas??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tony

The character that causes the answerback string to be sent is the ENQ (\005 or
^E) character. This has been around since the days of teletypes (tm).

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Jonathan M. Prigot      j_prigot@wrglex or ...!drilex!wrglex!j_prigot