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0 PC-VT(tm) VT100/102/52 Emulator ON LINE HELP Copyright 1984,1985 All Rights Reserved Mark C. DiVecchio PRESS PgDn to display the next page of HELP PgUp to display the previous page of HELP ESC to return to the Emulator$3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC-VT KEYS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKSPACE - Functions as the DELETE key (ASCII 127) on the VT. SHIFT-TAB - Functions as the BACKSPACE key (ASCII 8) on the VT. CTRL-J - Functions as the LINEFEED key (ASCII 10) on the VT. CTRL-@ - Sends a NUL character (ASCII 0) to the host. ALT-= - Sends a DEL character (ASCII 127) to the host. This is also the code sent by the PC's BACKSPACE key. Num Lock - Places the KEYPAD in Numeric Mode (a local PC function). Scroll Lock - Functions as the NO SCROLL key on the VT100/102. Function Keys - F1 thru F4 function as the PF1 thru PF4 keys on the VT in numeric KEYPAD mode. Function Keys - F1 thru F10 function as the VT KEYPAD in application KEYPAD mode. Next pages of HELP describe this mapping. Cursor Keys - The cursor keys on the PC KEYPAD function as the VT102 cursor keys. Other KEYPAD keys have special definitions. ALT-H - Displays this HELP information. ALT-X - Clear XOFF status (X on the status line). ALT-F1 thru ALT-F10 - Transmits the selected MACRO Key definition. ALT-F - Starts COMMAND.COM without terminating PC-VT. ALT-E - Toggles local echo. ALT-K - Start Kermit file transfer protocol.$3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTROLLING PC-VT with the FUNCTION KEYS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CTRL-F1 - Switch to the SETUP A frame. CTRL-F2 - Change the default DOS disk directory CTRL-F3 - Receive (download) a file (ASCII or XMODEM). CTRL-F4 - Transmit (upload) a file (ASCII or XMODEM). CTRL-F5 - Print the screen. CTRL-F6 - Toggle printer echo ON/OFF. CTRL-F7 - Send a BREAK to the host. CTRL-F8 - Terminates PC-VT (or ALT-C). CTRL-F9 - Switch to the DIALING frame (or ALT-V). CTRL-F10 - Switch to the MACRO frame (or ALT-O).$3 PC-VT Application KEYPAD Mode Numeric KEYPAD F1 F2 F1 F2 Mode ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ │PF1││PF2│ │PF3││PF4│ └───┘└───┘ └───┘└───┘ F3 F4 F3 F4 F1 F2 ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ │ 7 ││ 8 │ │ 9 ││ - │ │PF1││PF2│ └───┘└───┘ └───┘└───┘ └───┘└───┘ F5 F6 F5 F6 F3 F4 ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ │ 4 ││ 5 │ │ 6 ││ , │ │PF3││PF4│ └───┘└───┘ └───┘└───┘ └───┘└───┘ F7 F8 F7 F8 Remaining Function Keys ┌───┐┌───┐ ┌───┐┌───┐ are not used in Numeric │ 1 ││ 2 │ │ 3 ││ │ KEYPAD mode. └───┘└───┘ └───┘│ │ F9 F10 F9 │<─┘│ F10 ┌────────┐ ┌───┐│ │ Application KEYPAD mode is indicated │ 0 │ │ . ││ │ by the Greek letter ALPHA in column 40 └────────┘ └───┘└───┘ of the status line. ≡Function ≡Shifted Function ≡Keys ≡Keys$1 PC-VT Function Key Definition with the VMS "EDT" editor F1 ┌─────────┐ F2 ┌─────────┐ F1 ┌─────────┐ F2 ┌─────────┐ (xxx)=Press │ GOLD │ │ HELP │ │Find Next│ │ DEL L │ ≡GOLD Key First │ │ │ │ │ (Find) │ │ (UND L) │ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ F3 ┌─────────┐ F4 ┌─────────┐ F3 ┌─────────┐ F4 ┌─────────┐ [Application │ Page │ │ SECT │ │ Append │ │ DEL W │ KEYPAD Mode │ (CMD) │ │ (Fill) │ │ (REPL) │ │ (UND W) │ Only] └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ F5 ┌─────────┐ F6 ┌─────────┐ F5 ┌─────────┐ F6 ┌─────────┐ │ Advance │ │ Backup │ │ Cut │ │ DEL C │ │ (Bottom)│ │ (Top) │ │ (Paste) │ │ (UND C) │ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ F7 ┌─────────┐ F8 ┌─────────┐ F7 ┌─────────┐ F8 ┌─────────┐ │ Word │ │ EOL │ │ CHAR │ │ │ │ (CC) │ │(DEL EOL)│ │(SPECINS)│ │ Enter │ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ │ │ │ │ F9 ┌───────────F10──────────┐ F9 ┌─────────┐ │F10 │ │ Line │ │ Select │ │ (SUBS) │ │ (Open Line) │ │ (Reset) │ │ │ └────────────────────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ ≡Function Keys ≡Shifted Function Keys$1 PC-VT KEYPAD Key Definition with the VMS "EDT" Editor 7 ┌───────┐ 8 ┌───────┐ 9 ┌───────┐ - ┌───────┐ │ │ │ A │ │Backup │ │ │ │ Top │ │ │ │ │ SECT │ │ N/A │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ 4 ┌───────┐ 5 ┌───────┐ 6 ┌───────┐ + ┌───────┐ N/A = Not │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Assigned │ <─── │ │ N/A │ │ ───> │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ (xxx)=Press ≡GOLD │ │ Key First 1 ┌───────┐ 2 ┌───────┐ 3 ┌───────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Advance│ │ │ │Bottom │ │ │ │ │ SECT │ │ N/A │ [Application │ │ │ V │ │ │ │ │ KEYPAD Mode └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ Only] │ │ 0 ┌────────────┐ . ┌───────────────────┐ │ │ │ Open Line │ │ DEL C │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ (Line) │ │ (UND C) │ │ │ └────────────┘ └───────────────────┘ └───────┘$1 PC-VT KEYPAD Key Definition with the VMS "EDT" Editor 7 ┌───────┐ 8 ┌───────┐ 9 ┌───────┐ - ┌───────┐ │DEL to │ │ │ │Backup │ │ │ │ Start │ │ N/A │ │ Page │ │ N/A │ Press the "≡CTRL" key │of Word│ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ 4 ┌───────┐ 5 ┌───────┐ 6 ┌───────┐ + ┌───────┐ N/A = Not │Backup │ │ │ │Advance│ │ │ Assigned │ EOL │ │ N/A │ │ EOL │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ │ │ 1 ┌───────┐ 2 ┌───────┐ 3 ┌───────┐ │ │ │ DEL │ │ │ │Advance│ │ │ │ EOL │ │ N/A │ │ PAGE │ │ N/A │ [Application │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ KEYPAD Mode └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ Only] │ │ 0 ┌────────────┐ . ┌───────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ N/A │ │ N/A │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────┘ └───────────────────┘ └───────┘$2 PC-VT KEYPAD Key Definition with the UNIX "VI" Editor 7 ┌───────┐ 8 ┌───────┐ 9 ┌───────┐ - ┌───────┐ │ │ │ A │ │Scroll │ │ │ │ TOF │ │ │ │ │ Up │ │ N/A │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ 4 ┌───────┐ 5 ┌───────┐ 6 ┌───────┐ + ┌───────┐ N/A = Not │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Assigned │ <─── │ │ N/A │ │ ───> │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ │ │ 1 ┌───────┐ 2 ┌───────┐ 3 ┌───────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Scroll │ │ │ │ EOF │ │ │ │ │ Down │ │ N/A │ [Application │ │ │ V │ │ │ │ │ KEYPAD Mode └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ Only] │ │ 0 ┌────────────┐ . ┌───────────────────┐ │ │ │ Insert │ │ Delete │ │ │ │ Mode │ │ Character │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────┘ └───────────────────┘ └───────┘$2 PC-VT KEYPAD Key Definition with the UNIX "VI" Editor 7 ┌───────┐ 8 ┌───────┐ 9 ┌───────┐ - ┌───────┐ │ Start │ │ │ │ Top │ │ │ Press the "≡CTRL" key │ of │ │ N/A │ │ of │ │ N/A │ │ Line │ │ │ │Screen │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ 4 ┌───────┐ 5 ┌───────┐ 6 ┌───────┐ + ┌───────┐ N/A = Not │ Prev. │ │ │ │ Next │ │ │ Assigned │ Word │ │ N/A │ │ Word │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ │ │ 1 ┌───────┐ 2 ┌───────┐ 3 ┌───────┐ │ │ │ End │ │ │ │Bottom │ │ │ │ of │ │ N/A │ │ of │ │ N/A │ [Application │ Line │ │ │ │Screen │ │ │ KEYPAD Mode └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ │ │ Only] │ │ 0 ┌────────────┐ . ┌───────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ N/A │ │ N/A │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────┘ └───────────────────┘ └───────┘$4 PC-VT SETUP A Help Information Exit SETUP : The ESC key returns PC-VT to the communications frame. Reset : The "0" key clears the tabs and features and reloads them from the disk file. Set/Clear Tabs : The "2" key sets/clears a tab at the column position of the cursor. The left and right arrows, the TAB key, the space bar, and the ENTER key can be used to move the cursor to the column in which you want to set or clear the tab. A "T" will appear to indicate that a tab was set or the "T" will be blanked to indicate that a tab was cleared. Clear All Tabs : The "3" key clears all tab stops. Go to SETUP B : The "5" key selects the SETUP B frame.$4 PC-VT SETUP A Help Information Store into USER MEMORY : The SHIFT-S key stores all currently set tab stops and features selected by SETUP B into disk. Reset : The SHIFT-R key clears the tabs and features and reloads them from the disk file. Select General Default : The SHIFT-D key clears any user set tabs and features (from SETUP B) and resets them to PC-VT defined defaults. Select Tab Default : The SHIFT-T key clears any user set tabs and resets them to every 8 columns. Incr/Decr Line Turnaround Character = xx (ASCII : y): This character is used in conjunction with ASCII file upload. Refer to the manual.$5 PC-VT DIALING Help Information The DIALING frame is used to handle Hayes or Hayes compatible modems. The frame can hold 10 names and phone numbers. A name can be typed in columns 1 to 20. The dialing commands and phone number can be stored in columns 21 to 70. You can use the cursor keys, the ENTER key, the TAB key, the HOME key and the END key to position the cursor to any line. The "Ins" key will insert a space at the cursor position and the "Del" key will delete a character at the cursor position. To enter the name, move the cursor to column 1 and type it in. The name must not go past column 20. Then to enter the phone number, move the cursor to column 24 using the TAB key or the right arrow key and type in the number. You can enter any legal Hayes modem command. The new directory can be saved by pressing the F4 key. The number can be dialed by pressing the F1 key. The old directory can be restored by pressing the F3 key as long as you have not saved the new directory. The F5 key will send the Hayes hangup sequence to the modem. Pressing any key while the dialer is running will cause PC-VT to stop dialing.$5 PC-VT DIALING Help Information Commands to PC-VT's dialer which can be put in the phone number: ~ sends a carriage return to the modem CTRL-W causes the dialer to wait 5 seconds (displays as ) CTRL-B causes the dialer to wait 1 second (displays as ) CTRL-X stops the dialer at that point. (displays as ) The waits are useful while waiting for a dial tone or while the host computer is putting up a logon message. Example Dialer Entries: Mark C DiVecchio----ATDT,,555-1212 The computer--------ATDT 1 - 506 - 555 - 1234,,,,,222* 432# Speaker on----------ATM2; Full Logon----------ATDT,555-1212~~userid~password$6 PC-VT MACRO Keys Help Information The MACRO frame is used to create, update and save MACRO key definitions. The frame can hold 10 MACRO keys. The 10 definable keys are listed on the left of the screen. The MACRO commands are stored in columns 21 to 70. You can use the cursor keys, the ENTER key, the HOME key and the END key to position the cursor to any line. The "Ins" key will insert a space at the cursor position and the "Del" key will delete a character at the cursor position. Move the cursor to the first column of the key which you want to define. Then type in the definition. The new definition can be saved by pressing the F4 key. The MACRO can be sent by pressing the F1 key. Once you are back in the communications frame, you can send the MACRO just by pressing the ALT-Fx key. There is no need to press CTRL-F10. Pressing any key while the MACRO is being transmitted will cause PC-VT to stop the expansion.$6 PC-VT MACRO Keys Help Information You have complete control over the entire defintion from columns 21 to 70. Just remember that PC-VT will send any character in columns 21 to 70 to the Host when you invoke the MACRO. PC-VT does not send a carriage return after it sends the character in column 70. If you want a return, type the tilde character. If you don't put in a tilde, PC-VT sends what ever characters you have defined and then just goes back into keyboard input mode. You can type in additional characters or manually press the ENTER key. Characters which can be put in the MACRO as control: ~ sends a carriage return CTRL-W causes the MACRO to wait 5 seconds (displays as ) CTRL-B causes the MACRO to wait 1 second (displays as ) CTRL-X stops the MACRO at that point. (displays as ) Any other control characters (for example Ctrl-C) entered into the MACRO definition will be sent to the host when the MACRO is expaned. Example MACRO entries: ALT-F1--------------run myjob/option= ALT-F2--------------mail~1~~~~~ex~ ALT-F3--------------ATDT5551212~ $7 PC-VT SETUP B Help Information Exit SETUP : Hit the ESC key to exit SETUP B. Go to SETUP A : The "5" key selects the SETUP A frame. Toggle 1/0 : The "6" key sets(1) or resets(0) a feature at the column position of the cursor. The left and right arrows, the TAB key and the space bar can be used to move the cursor to the column which you want to set or clear the feature. COM Port Selection : COM1 or COM2 can be selected by flipping the 4th bit of the 6th group of feature bits shown on the bottom of the SETUP B frame. Modem Speed Control : The "7" key causes PC-VT to display the various modem speeds supported under the modem title on the CRT. Press the "7" key repeatedly until the speed you need is displayed. Select Data/Parity Bits : The SHIFT-P key causes PC-VT to display the various data bits/parity bits supported on the CRT under the modem title. Press the SHIFT-P key repeatedly until the data bits/parity bits combination you need is displayed. Set Answerback Message : See the manual.$7 PC-VT SETUP B Help Information The SETUP B frame is used to select features of PC-VT. The features are listed below along with their defaults. Group 1 Default X Reserved Auto Repeat 1 0=Off 1=On Screen Bkgrnd 0 0=Dark 1=Light Cursor 0 0=Underline 1=Block Group 2 Default Margin Bell 0 0=Off 1=On X Reserved ANSI/VT52 1 0=VT52 1=ANSI (VT100/102) Auto XON/XOFF 1 0=Ignore 1=Enabled Group 3 Default Character Set 0 0=US 1=UK Auto Wrap 0 0=Off 1=On LF/NL 0 0=Off 1=On Local Echo 0 0=Off 1=On $7 PC-VT SETUP B Help Information Group 4 Default Print Term 1 0=none 1=Form feed Print Extent 1 0=Scrolling region 1=Full screen Stop Bits 0 0=1 stop bit 1=2 stop bits Receive Parity 0 0=Not checked 1=Checked Group 5 Default Backspace Key 0 0=Send 7Fh 1=Send 08h Disc. Char. 0 0=Ignore 1=Hangup Fast Screen 0 0=Off 1=On Operating Sys. 1 0=UNIX 1=VMS Group 6 Default Line Printer 0 0=LPT1 1=LPT2 Buffer Size 1 0=256 bytes 1=2048 bytes Terminal Type 0 0=VT102 1=VT100 COM Port 0 0=COM1 1=COM2 $7 PC-VT SETUP B Help Information Group 7 Default DMA 1 0=Off 1=Use DMA for Screen Save/Restore X Reserved Clock Display 1 0=Off 1=On 256 Characters 0 0=Off 1=On (use with caution) To preserve any changes that you make, you must perform a "SHIFT-S - Store into USER MEMORY" - command in the SETUP A frame. Otherwise, the old values will be reloaded when you again start up PC-VT.$3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC-VT MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC-VT has been tested on PC-DOS 2.x, and 3.x on the IBM PC, PCXT, PCAT and PCjr. I can't vouch for any compatible. If you use an external modem or a direct connect, PC-VT does not require that all 25 lines of the DB-25 connector on the COM port be connected. Actually, only pin 2 (transmit data), pin 3 (receive data), and pin 7 (signal ground) need be connected. PC-VT does not use Clear to Send (CTS), Data Set Ready (DSR) or any other modem status line. Since some modems require a basic handshake with the COM port, PC-VT sends Data Terminal Ready(DTR) and Ready to Send (RTS) out of the COM port. These 2 lines are not cleared when you terminate PC-VT. This maintains the connection while you go back to DOS. The communications buffer in PC-VT is 2048 bytes long. To prevent buffer overflow, the XON/XOFF support sends XOFF when 1536 characters are in the buffer (the 75% point of the buffer). Then, XON is sent when the buffer backlog is reduced to 204 characters (the 10% point of the buffer). If the host ignores the XOFF character transmitted, PC-VT will display a '#' character when the buffer overflows. All characters received while the buffer is in the overflow condition are discarded.$