Questions tagged [vt52]
For questions regarding the DEC VT52 Terminal.
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Advantage of RS-232 over 20mA current loop
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT52
Like other early DEC terminals, the VT50 series were equipped with both an RS-232 port as well as a 20mA current loop, an older serial standard used ...
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VT50 Reverse Linefeed
The DECscope User's manual (EK-VT5X-OP-001, 4th printing, March 1977) states (page 19) that Reverse Line Feed is VT52/VT55 only:
Reverse Line Feed (VT52 only)
invoked by ESC I (033 111)
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However, ...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
I'm trying to run an old MS-DOS program that was written to use VT52 escape codes.
Some Microsoft knowledge base items (such as Q101875) refer to a 'third-party console driver' called VT52.SYS. I'm ...
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