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EK-V1200-RN-001
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VT1200 VIDEO TERMINAL V2.0
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RELEASE NOTES
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This document describes problems, corrections, and restrictions that pertain
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to V2.0 of the VT1200 Video Terminal firmware.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
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July 1990
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The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should
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not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation. Digital
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Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear
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in this document.
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The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may
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be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license.
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No responsibility is assumed for the use or reliability of software on equipment
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that is not supplied by Digital Equipment Corporation or its affiliated companies.
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Restricted Rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U. S. Government is
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subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph ( c ) ( 1 ) ( ii ) of the Rights
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in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227–7013.
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Copyright © by Digital Equipment Corporation 1990
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All Rights Reserved.
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FCC NOTICE: The equipment described in this manual generates, uses, and
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may emit radio frequency energy. The equipment has been type tested and found
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to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart
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J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protec-
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tion against such radio frequency interference when operated in a commercial
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environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause in-
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terference, in which case the user at his own expense may be required to take
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measures to correct the interference.
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AT&T and UNIX are trademarks of American Telephone and Telegraph Com-
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pany.
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X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:
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DEC LA12, LA34, LA35 PDP ThinWire
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DECconnect LA36, LA38, LA50 P/OS ULTRIX
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DECmailer LA75 Companion Professional ULTRIX-32
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DECmate LA100, LA210 Q-bus UNIBUS
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DECnet LJ250, LJ251 Q22-bus VAX
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DECserver 200 LN01, LN03 Rainbow VAXstation
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DECservice LN03 Plus ReGIS VMS
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DECterm LQP02, LQP03 RSTS VT, VT52, VT100
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DECUS LQP45 RSX VT220, VT320,
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VT420
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DECwindows MASSBUS RT VT1000, VT1200
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DECwriter MicroPDP Scholar
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DIBOL MicroVAX SERVIcenter
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This document was prepared using VAX DOCUMENT, Version 1.2
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Contents
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Chapter 1 Terminal Manager and VTE Windows
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1.1 QUIT ENDS ALL CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
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1.2 TERMINAL MANAGER - CREATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
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1.2.1 CREATE LAT X SESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
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1.2.2 TCP/IP X SESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
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1.3 TERMINAL MANAGER - CUSTOMIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
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1.3.1 CUSTOMIZE SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
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1.3.2 CUSTOMIZE HOST AND PRINTER PORTS . . . . . . . . . 1–2
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1.3.3 CUSTOMIZE LAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
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1.3.4 CUSTOMIZE FONT PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
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1.4 VTE - CUSTOMIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
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1.4.1 CUSTOMIZE GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
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1.4.2 CUSTOMIZE 7-BIT NRCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
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1.4.3 CUSTOMIZE PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
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iii
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Chapter 1
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Terminal Manager and VTE Windows
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1.1 QUIT ENDS ALL CONNECTIONS
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Complete your work before using either the Terminal Manager Quit or
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Remote Session Manager Quit. Both Quits are intended to return the
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terminal to its initial state at the end of a work session.
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1.2 TERMINAL MANAGER - CREATE
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1.2.1 CREATE LAT X SESSION
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Session Manager and VMS
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A problem can occur where a user cannot log into an X session on a host.
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The terminal can still open VTE windows and pull down menus. The
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watch cursor replaces the pointer.
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If you have this problem, enter the command:
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$ SHOW DEVICE TWA
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If the host show a device number over 999, reboot the host. This action
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will restore the VT1200’s ability to create X sessions.
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To obtain a patch that permanently corrects this problem, contact your
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Digital representative.
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Terminal Manager and VTE Windows 1–1
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1.2.2 TCP/IP X SESSION
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Remote Pause Unsupported in UWS V2.1
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A difference between UWS V2.1 and UWS V2.2 prevents the successful
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return from a Remote Session Manager Pause state in UWS V2.1.
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1.3 TERMINAL MANAGER - CUSTOMIZE
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1.3.1 CUSTOMIZE SECURITY
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TCP/IP BIND Name Service needs Names in Security
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The Security authorization for TCP/IP requires that you only use decimal
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dot notation (123.45.67.89) for the IP address of a remote system needing
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access. However, if a BIND Name Server is available on the network and
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it knows about the remote system, then you must use the name of the
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remote system (eg, node.building.institution.area).
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1.3.2 CUSTOMIZE HOST AND PRINTER PORTS
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Use Speed 19200 or 38400, not both
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Due to a hardware limitation in the communications circuits, the speeds
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38.4Kbaud and 19.2Kbaud are mutually exclusive. All other speeds may
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be mixed between the two serial ports, but only one or the other of the
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two top speeds is available at one time.
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Diagnostic Port supported on Printer Port
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When this mode is enabled, a printer attached to the printer port will
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print out all messages that are displayed in the Terminal Manager
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Message Region as they are received. You can control the messages that
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are printed by selecting the appropriate message types in the Customize
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Terminal Manager dialog box.
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1.3.3 CUSTOMIZE LAT
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Software Update required for multiple Ethernet adaptors
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If your system has multiple Ethernet adaptors to allow simultaneous
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access to separate LANs, contact your Digital representative for an up-
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dated copy of DECW$LAT_TRANSPORT.EXE. The new version provides
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support for multiple link definitions.
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1–2 Terminal Manager and VTE Windows
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1.3.4 CUSTOMIZE FONT PATH
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Must Quit to Reset Font Path
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Once a session makes use of the fonts, you can view the font path, but
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you can’t change it until you quit out of the Terminal Manager. This
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applies to all sessions including VTEs. The VTE does not require a font
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path but will use host-based fonts for character and line attributes if
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available.
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Link lost to font server requires quit to reset font path
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If your link to the font service is disconnected, perhaps due to the font
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server node shutting down, or due to a network problem, you will get
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a message in the Terminal Manager window message area stating (for
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example):
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Session n to NODENAME terminated. Link lost with remote node.
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Font path to node NODENAME lost. Reestablish font path before
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starting X sessions.
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Even if your other sessions to other nodes are still active, you need to
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reset your font path to continue working. This is because the behaviors of
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applications running on the terminal are not predictable when a request
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for a new glyph or font fails. Therefore, you should close all sessions
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and quit the terminal manager to restart the terminal and reset the font
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path.
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Font compiler needed for non-DECwindows environments
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If your VT1200 application requires fonts that are not in the DECwin-
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dows library, you will need to get a font compiler to convert the fonts you
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have to a format the VT1200 can use. A compiler is available through
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the Internet that will convert the standard .BDF interchange format of
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most fonts to the .DWF format of the VT1200.
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The pcf font compiler is available on gatekeeper.dec.com in the
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/pub/DEC/VT1000 directory. There are two files in that directory:
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README pcf.tar.Z
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The README file contains:
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Terminal Manager and VTE Windows 1–3
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The file pcf.tar.Z in this directory contains the contents of
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the contrib/server/pcf directory that is on tape4 of the MIT
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X11R4 distribution. This code should allow you to build a
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bdf->pcf compiler so that fonts can be generated that are
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compatible with the VT1000 series terminals.
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(Note that DEC’s .dwf format is also supported by the VT1000.)
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and the pcf.tar.Z file is a compressed tar file containing the source code.
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To retreive it via the internet, copy the files from:
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gatekeeper.dec.com:~ftp/pub/DEC/VT1000
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If you cannot copy from the internet, contact your Digital representative.
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1.4 VTE - CUSTOMIZE
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1.4.1 CUSTOMIZE GENERAL
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Answerback only supports printable characters
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Unlike the VT320, you cannot put control characters like CR or ESC into
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the VTE answerback message.
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1.4.2 CUSTOMIZE 7-BIT NRCS
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Choose NRCS to Match Keyboard
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When using a VTE with a non-US Keyboard and 7-bit NRCS character
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sets, you must manually use the VTE Customize 7-bit NRCS Selection to
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choose an NRCS set to match the current keyboard language. Select the
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corresponding language if you use a typewriter layout. Data Processing
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keyboards in any language require the ASCII (North American) NRCS
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set. This is a 7-bit issue only.
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1.4.3 CUSTOMIZE PRINT
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VTE Printer Modes are user settable
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Printer Modes are user settable from the Customize dialog box as well as
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host settable by control functions. The buttons in the dialog box display
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the mode that was set from either source.
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1–4 Terminal Manager and VTE Windows
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