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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: VT100 Emulation
Message-ID: <7035@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 11 Jan 88 09:02:59 GMT
References: <8801081524.aa09904@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> <411@n8emr.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <411@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes:
>ANSI terminal emulation is a SUPERSET of VT52.  That is, it includes
>as a portion of the standard the capability to emulate a VT52.  

It certainly does not!  I left my ANSI 3.66 (I think) specs in my
other office, but I've spent too much time dealing with terminal
characterizations to misremember something as important as this.

The DEC VT-100 did include the capability for switching into and
out of VT-52 emulation mode, but by no stretch of the imagination
is this part of the relevant ANSI standard.  There are many ANSI-
conforming (or -compatible) terminals that don't include any VT-52
emulation at all.