[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

[Michael Moroney]

Mark Berryman <mark at theberrymans.com> writes:

>On 11/14/19 2:45 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
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>> Support for any KB is not, as much as I can tell, any part of an OS. 
>> Yes, some utilities support the LK keyboard.  For what it's worth, I 
>> much prefer the LK KB.  Now, tell me where to get any new ones.

>Pick yourself up a full-size Apple aluminum keyboard.  It is almost an 
>exact match for the LK keyboard (and is as close as you will likely come 
>today).  It certainly has all of the keys you will need.  For me, the 
>big benefit is that the keypad layout is an exact match plus having all 
>of the standard math symbols on the keypad when not in keypad 
>application mode.

I have that keyboard connected to a Mac.  If I recall, to get it to work with
iTerm2, I had real issues getting PF1 to work, but finally it does.  Necessary
to use my (slightly enhanced) EDT.  I think I also had issues with getting the 
"delete" key on the main keyboard group working.

Other issues that really don't bug me:

1) No "DO" key. Some of the top row keys can be redefined, others cannot.
2) The key where the "Insert" key would be on a PC keyboard, but labeled as 
"fn" apparently can't be redefined.  The other 5 keys in that group (with the 
same labels as a PC keyboard) can be remapped.
3) PF2 (marked with an "=" sign) apparently can't be redefined. It always 
produces an = sign.

Goodness: The column of keys on the far right, marked F19 * - + enter means the 
LKxxx "KP," key, which is missing on the PC keyboard, exists, although with a 
different label.

One thing that bugs me is that on a real VTxxx or DECterm window, the control
sequence corresponding to/output by "SET TERMINAL/WIDTH=132" or "/WIDTH=80"
doesn't work.  What actually bugs me is that it DID work long ago but now it
doesn't and I can't figure out how to do so.  I don't know if I broke something
or Apple did with some upgrade.