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ND-211464A — VTM terminal tables (Type 128/129) DEC VT200, version A (rev 00)

Status: VERIFIED (transcribed from PD sheet; not yet run live) · Install source: [PD]

Field Value
Part number 211464A00
Base product ND-211464
Version A, revision 00
Release date 88.09.08
CPU target ND-100 / ND-500
OS requirement SINTRAN III >= H

Description

Terminal type descriptor files for the DEC VT200 in Multinational mode (type 128) and National mode (type 129), plus the VTM-COMPOUND tool to compound/regenerate loadable terminal tables.

Distribution media

Floppy volume Contents
211464A00-XX-01D (double density) DDB128-0-A00:VTM (1 page, C/D/E format table for VT200 Multinational) · DDB128-7S-A00:VTM (2 pages, G format table for VT200 Multinational) · DDB129-0-A00:VTM (1 page, C/D/E/G format table for VT200 National) · VTM-ALL-TYPES:VTM (3 pages, descriptors needed when compounding) · VTM-COMPOUND-E09:PROG (107 pages) · VTM-COMPOUND-G04:PROG (124 pages)
211464A00-XX-01S + -02S (single-density, 2-disk set) same files split across two disks: disk 1 has everything except VTM-COMPOUND-G04, which is alone on disk 2

Installation procedure

Source: PD sheet §2 "Installations Procedure", verbatim. [PD]

Loading: copy the files to SYSTEM or your logged-in user — no special command sequence given beyond a plain file copy. [PD]

Which composite file you get depends on the VTM version already on the target system: - Version A: one file per terminal type, DDBnnn-A:VTM; standard types live in DDB999-A:VTM. - Version B: one composite file, DDBARRAYS-B:VTM. - Version C onward: one composite file, DDBTABLES-n:VTM. Since B and C-onward hold equivalent data, you can rename between them: @RENAME-FILE DDBTABLES-C:VTM DDBARRAYS-B:VTM.

If you want the compounded tables loaded together with the application itself (rather than relying on the system-wide DDBTABLES:VTM), load VTM-ARRAY-D:NRF (ND-500) or VTM-(128/129)-ARRAY-D:BRF (ND-100) with the program system — see LINKING-GUIDE.md.

Adding this VT200 terminal type to the system's terminal-table file (version B onward): 

@VTM-COMPOUND-E09
2    (ADD TERMINAL TYPES)
2    (DDBTABLES-n:VTM)
E    (E-Version)
47   (the new terminal type number)
777  (no more DDB-files to add)
9    (EXIT)
(run once per DDBTABLES-? file that needs the new type). [PD]

Version A instead edits DDB999:VTM directly: 

@VTM-COMPOUND-E09
8    (EDIT THE CONTENT IN DDB999:VTM)
2    (ADD TERMINAL TYPE DESCRIPTIONS)
47   (new terminal type)
777  (no more terminal types)
9    (EXIT)

The standard terminal types the VTM-COMPOUND programs already ship with (types 2 and 11 are line-oriented; the rest are the standard ND screen-oriented set) are listed verbatim on the PD sheet — see ../../../Developer/Workflow/VTM-TERMINAL-INTERFACES.md §3 for the full list.

Configuration / post-install

Set each terminal's type with @QSET-TERMINAL-TYPE (<terminal number>) (<terminal type>) — see the VTM chapter §2 for the full command reference (not part of this product's own PD sheet, sourced from the System Supervisor manual).

Documentation

Provenance & open items

  • Source: single, complete 6-page OCR'd PD-sheet scan.
  • TODO: this install has not been run live in the emulator.

Parent: ../README.md (ND-211464 product overview)