[HECnet] VT-62?

From: Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> What can be done (non-destructive suggestions only, please) with a VT-62? This is NOT a VT52 (although it looks like one). The VT62 is a block mode terminal that, I think, actually speaks DDCMP. AFAIK it's incapable of being a plain ASCII terminal unless there's some hack I'm unaware of. Have you tried it? I had a VT62 on my PDT-11/150 in college and I know there was supposed to be a block mode, but it also worked fine as just a VT52 clone, but with a speaker for keyclick/^G instead of a clacker, ESC T switches you to reverse video and ESC U switches you back, and after column 72 there are tabs at every column. Other than that it's exactly a VT52 IIRC. No idea if mine had been jumpered or had the ROMs switched or anything to make it so normal. I bought it from an ex-DEC-employee (DEC dumped a lot of the PDTs to their own employees) and I suppose it's possible he got a special version. John Wilson D Bit