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Re: Ann Arbor Ambassador question

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From: Ray Butterworth
Date: Thu, 16 May 1991 12:40
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In article <1991May15.013431.578@nas.nasa.gov> serafini@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (David B. Serafini) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how to enable and/or program the function keys 
>on an Ann Arbor Ambassador, 60 line terminal (old model, pre-XL)?
>Also, how about the making the numeric keypad generate ESC sequences
>rather than numbers?  It sometimes will generate ANSI sequences for the
>arrow keys, but I haven't figured out what, besides the SETUP menu, 
>can change this behavior.  Obviously, I don't have the appropriate 
>manual.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Here's a file I used to cat at my terminal to set things up.
Perhaps you can use it as an example.
Note that all the "@" should really be ESC,
but I couldn't include that character in the article.

Turn on ZBNCM, ZDDM, ZFRM, ZKCM, ZKRM, ZWFM.@[>33;28;26;47;35;32h
Turn off KAM, LNM, TSM, ZAKDM, ZBKCM, ZKPCM, ZLTM, ZRLM, ZSPM, ZSSM, ZWBM.@[>2;20;18;46;31;27;42;29;36;39;34l
ENTER:  clears screen and sends return@P`<~[[H~[[J~H~H~H~H~H~H~M@\
PF11:  Echo, Destructive Backspace @P`RyECHO D-BS~J~M~[[>40;30{H}@\
PF12:  No Echo, Non-Destructive Backspace @P`SyNO ECHO N-BS~J~M~[[>40;30{L}@\
PF3:  Display 30 lines@P`Jy~[7~[[60;;;30{P}~[8@\
PF4:  sets tabs every 4@P`Ky~[7~[[G~[[2{G}~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[[4C~[H~[8@\
PF5:  sets my userid@P`L{RBUTTERWORTH}@\
PF6:  Display 60 lines@P`My~[7~[[60;;;60{P}~[8@\
PF8:  sets tabs 8,16,32,72@P`Oy~[7~[[2{G}~[[8G~[H~[[16G~[H~[[32G~[H~[[72G~[H~[8@\
PF9:  <ctrl-Z>@P`P~Z@\
PF10:  Rotate news@P`Q{TR A-Z}A-Z {N-ZA-M}N-ZA-M@\
POWER ON:  @P`pyT{ERMINAL} R{ESET}@\
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From: rbutterw@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Ann Arbor Ambassador question
Message-ID: <1991May16.124040.29223@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 16 May 91 12:40:40 GMT
References: <1991May15.013431.578@nas.nasa.gov>
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