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What was the largest resolution supported by terminal escape codes?
There is no limit, at least not by definition. And more so, not something across all terminals ever made.
Most prominent nowadays (*1) is the so-called ANSI sequences standard - understood by next to ...
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Different escape codes for the same keyboard keys -- where did they come from?
It's one single source, not multiple vendors.
Nearly all of what you mention actually comes from one source, DEC VTs. The various different control sequences generated by the function, cursor, ...
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What was the largest resolution supported by terminal escape codes?
Tektronix (and emulated Tektronix) graphics mode
Not exactly what you are looking for (because not "characters"), but Tektronix 4010/4014 mode as supported by Wyse 99GT and Wyse 370 (and I ...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
This post appears to contain original .ASM source code for a VT52.SYS (but it may not be the same VT52.SYS you've seen references to). You would need an assembler (like MASM) to assemble it:
https://...
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Different escape codes for the same keyboard keys -- where did they come from?
Partial answer:
General notes: ESC [ is "control sequence introducer", CSI. ESC O is "single-shift-3", SS3.
DEC VT200 terminals sent CSI n~ for function keys F6 onwards, where n = the F-key number ...
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How widely used were C1 control codes?
Within DEC, "all the time". Why send two bytes down a wire at a lousy 300-to-1200 bps when one byte would do?
DEC terminals from the VT200 series onwards supported an 8-bit character set ...
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Can escape sequences be entered directly from keyboard to terminal for VT100 and similar?
Well, as usual with complex matter the answer is a mixture of Yes/If.
First of all, are these assumptions correct?
Yes, the assumptions stated are perfect good and correct. In general. In detail ...
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How widely used were C1 control codes?
However, C1 have hardly left any impression nowadays beyond 0x85 Next Line.
Not restricted to C1. Not much of any control character has still an 'impression' nowadays.
Unicode just ignores other C1 ...
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What was the largest resolution supported by terminal escape codes?
In the early 1980s practically every terminal had its own particular set of escape codes, to the point where the software we were selling then had a separate module which we could quickly reprogram as ...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
The VT52 terminal escape codes should work fine within VT100 or VT220 Emulation. Later generations are able to support earlier codes. VT240 is the first terminal to support color displays as color for ...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
I found a copy at PCJS.org, inside an OS/2 development boot floppy: http://www.pcjs.org/disks/pcx86/os2/misc/football/87058/
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Different escape codes for the same keyboard keys -- where did they come from?
True terminals used to vary a lot in the code sequences they accepted for their control and code sequences they returned when a key was pressed. And keyboards were less standardized than nowadays, so ...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
Downloading VT52.SYS from a virtual machine on pcjs.org requires a few steps that may not be obvious if you're unfamiliar with the website:
Go to a PCjs virtual machine (like the one that @john_e ...
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Can escape sequences be entered directly from keyboard to terminal for VT100 and similar?
Originally, the escape character was used to initiate multi-character sequences when it was necessary to support more functions than could be accommodated in 31 active control characters (codes 0x00 ...
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Can escape sequences be entered directly from keyboard to terminal for VT100 and similar?
Short answer is yes.
https://www.pcjs.org/devices/pc8080/machine/vt100/ has a vt100 emulator.
Once you've selected the "emulator" screen press:
F9 - Enter setup
4 - Toggle local/online to local (...
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VT52 emulation for MS-DOS?
MS-DOS Kermit had a terminal emulator built in. It should be VT100 compatible, and thus VT52 backward compatible. I don't know if Kermit was based on a driver or whether terminal emulation was part ...
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