Editing DEC VT100

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{{infobox dkeyboard
| image name   = VT100_Top.JPG
| pn           =
| fcc          =
| branding     =
| manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]/[[Hi-Tek]]
| features     = 
| switch       = [[Hi-Tek High Profile]]
| layouts      = DEC VT-100
| interface    = VT100
| weight       = 
| years        = 1978–1983
| price        = 
}}

The '''DEC VT100''' keyboard was made by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) for the DEC VT-100 terminal, the ancestor of all modern terminals and terminal emulators.<ref>Wikipedia — [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT100 VT100]</ref> It is very closely related to the keyboard from the original Kaypro 100 (although the VT100 came first). When connected to the VT100 terminal, it had four status lights that could be turned on or off by sending the appropriate escape sequences from the attached computer. The caps lock key is a physically locking type.

It connects to the terminal using an unusual audio jack style connector (1/4" TRS plug, also known as a phone plug).

==Notable keys==
The '''SET-UP''' key was was used to enter ''SET-UP mode'', a menu system in which keys were used to modify settings on the terminal itself, not the host it was connected to.

The '''NO SCROLL''' key paused screen output until pressed again, thus acting like the [[Scroll lock]] key on PC keyboards.
<ref name="vt100">VT100 User Guide. Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1979. Retrieved from [[http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/EK-VT100-UG-001_VT100_User_Guide_Aug78.pdf textfiles.com]] on 2018-05-07</ref>

==Gallery==
===Black slider version===
The ICs are dated 1979, and the switch frame is dated 8047.<ref name="DT-black-sliders" />

<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:VT100_Top.JPG             | Top
File:VT100_Hover.JPG           | Hover
File:VT100_Side.JPG            | Side
File:VT100_Bottom.JPG          | Bottom
File:VT100_Top_coverless.JPG   | Cover removed
File:VT100_Caps_Closeup.JPG    | Caps close up
File:VT100_Switches.JPG        | Switches
File:VT100_Switchtypes.JPG     | Some special switches (for ctrl, no scroll, setup etc.), with very long springs and very long stems on the keycaps, and that need a lot of force to actuate
File:VT100_Latching_switch.JPG | Latching capslock switch
File:VT100_Keycaps.JPG         | Keycaps; these appear to be [[Comptec]]
File:VT100_Bottom_pcb.JPG      | PCB bottom
</gallery>

===White slider version===
Unusual white sliders with notches. The dates on the ICs are not readable.

<gallery widths="250" heights="167">
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_top.jpg                 | Keyboard
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_bottom.jpg              | Keyboard bottom
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_mechanism_in_bottom.jpg | Keyboard mechanism in bottom
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_mechanism_front.jpg     | Keyboard mechanism front
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_circuit_board_back.jpg  | Keyboard circuit board back
File:DEC_VT100_key_switches_and_key_caps.jpg    | Key switches and key caps
File:DEC_VT100_key_switches_side.jpg            | Key switches side
File:DEC_VT100_keyboard_moulding_mark.jpg       | Keyboard molding mark
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="DT-black-sliders">Deskthority — [https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/dec-vt100-cyber-keyboard-t7565.html DEC vt100 'cyber' keyboard]</ref>
</references>

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