VT05
Discrete logic | |
Display | National Semiconductor MM5240[1][2] |
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Successor | VT50 |
- "VT-05" can also refer to Vermont's 5th congressional district.
The VT05 is the first free-standing
The terminal only supports forward scrolling and direct cursor addressing; no fancier editing functions are supported. No special character renditions (such as blinking, bolding, underlining, or reverse video) are supported.
Internally, the VT05 implements four "quad-sized" DEC modules in a standard form-factor DEC backplane. The cards are mounted nearly horizontally over an off-the-shelf CRT monitor.[4] The terminal is 19" wide and 30" deep (much deeper than a typical desk).[3]
The keyboard used advanced capacitive sensors, but this proved to be unreliable and later keyboards use a simple four-contact mechanical switch.
The VT05's dynamic storage is a
The VT05 also has the capability of acting as a black-and-white
The VT05 was eventually superseded by the
Commands
The VT05 has a limited command set:
Decimal | Control Char | ASCII | VT05 name | Function |
7 | ^G | BEL | BELL | Produce an audible tone on an electronic speaker, for 266 ms at 780 Hz (G5). |
8 | ^H | BS | C← | Move cursor left one space. |
9 | ^I | HT | TAB | Horizontal tab. Move cursor forward to next tab stop. Stops are fixed at every eight characters. |
10 | ^J | LF | LF | Line feed. Move cursor down one line. If in last line, scroll screen contents up one line instead. |
11 | ^K | VT | C↓ | Move cursor down one line. |
13 | ^M | CR | CR | Carriage return (move cursor to leftmost column of the current line) |
14 | ^N | SO | CAD | Direct cursor addressing. Move cursor to line and column specified by the two characters that follow, 31+Y then 31+X (top line and leftmost columns are numbered one.) |
24 | ^X | CAN | C→ | Move cursor right one space. |
26 | ^Z | SUB | C↑ | Move cursor up one line. |
29 | ^] | GS | HOME | Move cursor to top line, leftmost column. |
30 | ^^ | RS | EOL | Erase to end of line (including character at the cursor). Cursor remains at current location. |
31 | ^_ | US | EOS | Erase to end of screen (i.e., erase chars at or after cursor on current line and all chars on lines below current line). Cursor remains at current location. |
The screen can be cleared by sending HOME and then EOS.[5]
References
- ^ MOS Integrated Circuits (PDF). National Semiconductor. Feb 1972. pp. 99–102.
- ^ VT05 Alphanumeric display terminal engineering drawings (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. 1971.
- ^ a b c d "Digital's Video Terminals – VT100.net". vt100.net.
- ^ a b c "VT05 Alphanumeric Terminal Reference Manual" (PDF). pdp8online.com.
- ^ BASIC-PLUS Manual, DEC, 1972, pp. 12–19
External links
- VT100 net
- DEC VT05, Terminals Wiki
- DEC VT05 terminal emulator for Windows, supports serial ports, telnet, and raw TCP: kgober/VT05, 2019-08-20, retrieved 2020-01-11