DEC VT Emulations

Auto signifies that the emulation is in Auto Print mode in which the current cursor line is sent to the printer when a command for the cursor to move to the next line is issued.

Controller signifies that the emulation is in Printer Controller mode in which the host has direct control over the printer. Print screen commands issued from the keyboard or mouse will be ignored.

ErrGen indicates that an error has occurred and a message box will be displayed indicating the error.

Item 10: This indicates the keyboard mode. It will be blank when the keyboard is in normal mode and will display DEC when in DEC mode. You can toggle between normal and DEC mode by pressing the keys Alt + Num Lock together. Refer to the illustrations in the Keyboard Mapping section for the key functions available in each mode.

Item 11: Indicates the status of the aux port as follows:

Ready indicates that the aux port is ready for bidirectional output.

In Use indicates that the aux port is currently busy.

Horizontal Scrolling

It is possible to make the width of display memory larger than the width of the window by using the Memory Page Width option in the Terminal Settings dialog box. When you want to view columns stored off-screen, you can scroll horizontally by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the Left or Right Cursor keys.

Keyboard Mapping

The illustrations on the following pages show where DEC VT500 keyboard functions are mapped to keys on the 101/102 key Enhanced AT keyboard layout. Special key functions that are provided on the DEC VT keyboard can be mapped to any key on your keyboard by using the VT virtual key names listed in the Define Keyboard Macros dialog box.

The keyboard can be used in two modes, Normal and DEC. You can toggle between the two modes by pressing the keys Alt + Num Lock together. The 10th item on the status bar will display DEC when the keyboard is in DEC mode. The field will be blank when in normal mode.

6-5