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Article #4725Re: PDP-11 ESCape Problems with RSTS/E
From: Steve Jenkins
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1987 14:51
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1987 14:51
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In article <1158@bsu-cs.UUCP> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>
>I have been having problems with a BASIC-PLUS program on a PDP-11 running
>RSTS/E Version 7. I have been trying to output an ESC code (ASCII 27) to
>the terminal to begin an escape code to place the VT100 into the DEC Spec-
>ial Graphics character set. However, the wonderful RSTS/E operating system
>converts all ESC characters (as far as I can tell) to '$', which do me very
>little good. [ ... ]
> Michael Niehaus
I remember getting around the same problem in RT-11 by sending ASCII
code 155 (128 + 27) instead. Setting the MSB 'escaped' the escape and
prevented the translation. The bit is stripped off on output.
Steve Jenkins ucla-an!steve@EE.UCLA.EDU
UCLA Dept of Anesthesiology {decvax,ihnp4}!hermix!ucla-an!steve
(213)-825-4364
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!ucla-an!ondine!steve From: steve@ondine.uucp (Steve Jenkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: PDP-11 ESCape Problems with RSTS/E Message-ID: <83@ucla-an.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 10:51:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-an.83 Posted: Fri Sep 18 10:51:17 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Sep-87 12:31:45 EDT References: <1158@bsu-cs.UUCP> Sender: news@ucla-an.UUCP Reply-To: steve@ondine.UUCP (Steve Jenkins) Organization: UCLA Dept of Anesthesiology, Los Angeles, California Lines: 18 Keywords: PDP-11, RSTS/E, BASIC-PLUS