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From: simon@einode.UUCP@ndmce.uucp (Simon Kenyon)
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Subject: Re: Re: How to set up vt240 for GNU?
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Date: Fri, 17-Oct-86 16:53:25 EDT
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>>> (Was dec attacking unix, through vi and emacs, by putting that
>>> key way out of the way there:-?  Ergh.)
> 
> No, the vt200-family keyboard is an ISO standard.  Guess there weren't
> enough addicts of ESC usage in the standards group.  Note that use of
> ESC goes back to early DEC operating systems, and to its first editor
> TECO, so I think DEC is shooting itself in the foot by your reasoning.
"protecting the innocent by not mentioning names"
i spoke to someone in dec working on ultrix
he (narrows it down a bit :-)) said he had a vt220 with DIFFERENT proms
which gave an escape when you hit F11 (in vt220 mode)
would it be possible to get copies of these proms
could it be a dec product?
might it even generate bs on the backspace key and lf on the linefeed key
i'd be interested to hear if anyone knows anything about this
-- 
Simon Kenyon
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