DEC VT05 with OS/8 -- System handler?

[Philipp Hachtmann]

Hi Johnny,

thanks for your reply.

> You need to use BUILD to make a new system image, with your device 
> driver included.
I know. But it had no effect. I used the KL8E.PA from the OS/8 V3D sources, dectape 4.
It has a switch called "DELAY". But that seems to be a little delay only. For a VT78 (whatever that 
is).
What I want is fill characters. And I want to be able to configure the stuff via the "SET" command.
Both are mentioned in the source file, but the source itself doesn't implement it. I assume that the 
fill character support has already been dropped in my version.
Perhaps anyone has an idea where to get older sources? I'm SURE that there once existed a KL8E 
driver which worked with VT05 out of the box.
I don't want to rewrite the driver...

 > However, you also need to understand many programs do
> I/O to the console without going through that device driver, but talks 
> directly with the console.
I know :(

> So it might be that there is no easy solution to your problem.
If I run in trouble with all that, I will have to go back to 300 baud. The VT05 can do without fill 
characters up to 300 baud. But that's really not what I intended to use the VT05 for.

Appreciate any further hints.

Best wishes,

Philipp :-)

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