VT1000/VT1200 & DECimage 1200

This document is a comprehensive user guide titled "Installing and Using The VT1000 Video Terminal," published by Digital Equipment Corporation. It is designed to assist both installers and general users with setting up, operating, and maintaining the VT1000 video terminal. It also includes a summary of control functions for programmers.

The guide covers the following key areas:

1. Introduction to the VT1000: An overview of the terminal's components (system box, monitor, keyboard, mouse), its ability to support both X Window and traditional video terminal (VTE) sessions, and its compatibility with VMS, ULTRIX, and UNIX operating systems via LAT and TCP/IP protocols. It highlights the terminal's workstation-like features and connectivity options.
2. Installation: Step-by-step instructions for site preparation, unpacking, connecting all hardware components, installing optional RAM and ROM memory boards, and verifying the successful installation.
3. Getting Started: Guidance on initial terminal setup, including choosing the display language and keyboard type, and detailed procedures for starting and ending various types of sessions (video terminal or X Window) on VMS, ULTRIX, and UNIX host systems, as well as via the serial host port.
4. Using Windows: Explains how to interact with and manage windows on the VT1000, covering mouse operations (point, click, drag), selecting and manipulating windows (moving, resizing, shrinking to icons, stacking), and using menus, dialog boxes, and scroll bars.
5. Using Video Terminal (VTE) Windows: Specific instructions for working with VTE windows, including clearing/resetting sessions, copying/pasting text, and extensive customization options for VTE window display, operating features, keyboard settings, character sets, and printing.
6. Customizing the VT1000 Terminal Manager: Details on how to personalize the terminal's overall operating environment through various settings related to keyboard, pointer/mouse, print screen, security (passwords, authorized users, locking dialogs), window display, message handling, host/printer port communication, LAT, TCP/IP (name servers, routing tables), and font paths.
7. The Keyboard: A thorough description of the LK401 keyboard, its layout, special function keys, indicator lights, audible feedback (keyclick, bell), and methods for typing additional characters not present on the keycaps (e.g., accented letters, hexadecimal sequences).
8. Programming Summary: A technical reference for programmers, outlining specific control functions and commands for programming the VT1000's video terminal (VTE) windows, particularly for locator devices and character encoding.
9. Troubleshooting and Service: Provides solutions for common operating problems related to hardware components (system box, monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer) and network connectivity. It also details the power-up self-test, screen error messages, and information on Digital's various hardware and software service offerings.
10. Appendices: Contains detailed specifications (site planning, environmental, electrical, display, keyboard), information on optional memory boards, modems, and cables, technical communication protocols (LAT, TCP/IP), and system management tasks for configuring host environments to support the VT1000.

In essence, the document serves as a comprehensive manual for users, system administrators, and developers to effectively install, operate, customize, and troubleshoot the VT1000 Video Terminal within various computing environments.