Data General DASHER D100 User Reference page 20

Character Attribute Commands
Eight commands allow characters to be dimmed, blinked,
turn blinking, dimming, underscoring and reverse video
blinking reverse video block.
NOTE: Dimming a reverse video character is
meaningless, since reverse video characters are
always dimmed.
START BLINK 016,
Function: Turns on the blink attribute of each successive
character received by the display. However, before any
character will blink, the screen must be blink enabled.
Refer to the screen control commands.
D100 Keyboard:
CTRL-N or CTRL-SHIFT-N
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
Function: Turns off the blink attribute of each successive
character received by the display. This command is
automatically executed each time an Erase Page command
D100 Keyboard:
CTRL-O or CTRL-SHIFT-O
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
START DIM 034g
Function: Turns on the dim attribute of each successive
character received by the display.
D100 Keyboard:
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
Function: Turns off the dim attribute of each successive
character received by the display. This command is
automatically executed each time an Erase Page command
D100 Keyboard:
CTRL-]
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
Function: Turns off the underscore attribute of each
successive character received by the display. This
command is automatically executed each time an Erase
Page command is issued.
D100 Keyboard:
D200 Keyboard:
Same as D100 Keyboard.
Function: Turns on the reverse video attribute of each
successive character received by the display.
This command, consisting of a two-code sequence, cannot
be generated by the keyboard.
END REVERSE VIDEO = 036g, 105g
Function: Turns off the reverse video attribute of each
successive character received by the display. This
command is automatically executed each time an Erase
This command, consisting of a two-code sequence, cannot
be generated by the keyboard.
Terminal Identification/Diagnostic Commands
Three commands allow a computer to identify and test the
display terminals. A fourth command generates a bell tone
that can be used to alert the operator to an impending
event.
MODEL REPORT REQUEST 0363, 103g
Function: The terminal sends the following six-code
sequence to the computer:
0363 — Header code
1573 — Header code
0433 — Indicates model report request data follow.
041, — Indicates D100/D200 series terminal.
XXX — Configuration code
YYY — Firmware code
The meaning of the configuration code is shown in Table
2.1. In the table, bit 6 represents the most significant bit
while bit 0 represents the least significant bit. Since bit 7
may or may not be transmitted, depending upon the parity
selection of the terminal, this bit is ignored.