Hello folks, I have a great condition INFORMER 207 VT100 terminal which
works nicely via RS232 @ 9600.. except I am limited by not knowing how
to enter certain characters, for example square brackets, control
characters (control-c and z is pretty important to me!)
Hello folks, I have a great condition INFORMER 207 VT100 terminal which
works nicely via RS232 @ 9600.. except I am limited by not knowing how
to enter certain characters, for example square brackets, control
characters (control-c and z is pretty important to me!)
Anyone ever encountered this device before?
Clearly this machine had
IBM connectivity in mind but as it prints [square brackets] there surely
must be a way for me to enter them? :-)
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Hello folks, I have a great condition INFORMER 207 VT100 terminal which >works nicely via RS232 @ 9600.. except I am limited by not knowing how
to enter certain characters, for example square brackets, control >characters (control-c and z is pretty important to me!)
Another idea: if you disassemble it, you might be able to identify hwo
the keyboard is processed into characters and identify a combination
of switches that can be pressed to generate the necessary character
code.
Given this keyboard's number of special keys, it's unlikely they're generating ASCII codes straight from the keyboard but rather a
scancode instead that's processed into a character code for the
transmit line.
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[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
AB <lordhailsham@gmail.com> spake the secret code <41e17d04-5d4e-4ab0-8956-c16dcdea3bff@googlegroups.com> thusly:
Hello folks, I have a great condition INFORMER 207 VT100 terminal which >works nicely via RS232 @ 9600.. except I am limited by not knowing how
to enter certain characters, for example square brackets, control >characters (control-c and z is pretty important to me!)
I'm assuming you didn't get a manual for it?
Anyone ever encountered this device before?
I've only ever seen it listed on ebay. I have an informer in the
collection (top shelf, right <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wall-12.jpg>) but I haven't done anything with it yet.
Clearly this machine had
IBM connectivity in mind but as it prints [square brackets] there surely >must be a way for me to enter them? :-)
Have you tried using the Alt key in combination with the {} key?
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Hi Richard - sadly no manual... nor any trace of a manual online!
I did try everything imaginable with the ALT key.. but no joy finding a
way to do an ESC or [] sequence or a CTL-C which would be quite useful.
If you make any progress with the INformer in your collection do let
me know :-)
[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
AB <lordhailsham@gmail.com> spake the secret code <e3089616-5f70-45eb-b98c-09a904b345be@googlegroups.com> thusly:
Hi Richard - sadly no manual... nor any trace of a manual online!
Yes, unfortunately no manual has been found yet. Whenever I find new
manuals online, I link them into manx and then link manx into the
terminals wiki.
I did try everything imaginable with the ALT key.. but no joy finding a
way to do an ESC or [] sequence or a CTL-C which would be quite useful.
Bummer! I haven't done anything with this terminal since I got it, so obviously I didn't even notice the lack of control or other characters
on the keyboard!
If you make any progress with the INformer in your collection do let
me know :-)
It now becomes an interesting teardown project :-), so it moved up
higher on the list of things to attack when I have some time. Mine
might not be the exact model as yours; Informer made a bunch of model variants.
I'll try to remember to post back here if I learn something. If I do
learn anything more, it will definitely go on the wiki.
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On Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 11:18:44 AM UTC-4, Richard wrote:
[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
AB <lordhailsham@gmail.com> spake the secret code <e3089616-5f70-45eb-b98c-09a904b345be@googlegroups.com> thusly:
Hi Richard - sadly no manual... nor any trace of a manual online!
Yes, unfortunately no manual has been found yet. Whenever I find new manuals online, I link them into manx and then link manx into the
terminals wiki.
I did try everything imaginable with the ALT key.. but no joy finding a >way to do an ESC or [] sequence or a CTL-C which would be quite useful.
Bummer! I haven't done anything with this terminal since I got it, so obviously I didn't even notice the lack of control or other characters
on the keyboard!
If you make any progress with the INformer in your collection do let
me know :-)
It now becomes an interesting teardown project :-), so it moved up
higher on the list of things to attack when I have some time. Mine
might not be the exact model as yours; Informer made a bunch of model variants.
I'll try to remember to post back here if I learn something. If I do
learn anything more, it will definitely go on the wiki.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals-wiki.org>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
thanks Richard!
Andy
Fantastic! thanks :-)
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