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vt100 Last modified: Wednesday, December 08, 1999
Introduced by DEC in August 1978, Video Terminal 100 was the first terminal to use a general-purpose processor for interpreting the newly published (1977) ANSI control codes (ANSI X3.64). Quickly, the vt100 become popular, and the ANSI control codes embodied in the vt100 became a de facto standard. Eventually, IBM adopted them for its line of PCs. Today, most terminal-emulation programs commonly use the vt100 setting.
vt100 andIts Successors  Brief overview of DEC terminals, as well as links to technical resources. VT100.net This site is dedicated to the range of video terminals produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 to 1995. The most famous of these is the VT100, a name which is recognised most often today as a setting in terminal emulation programs.	Related Categories Monitors Standards Related Terms ANSI terminal