HP TeemTalk Terminal Emulator 7.0, User Manual

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IBM 3151 Emulation
The Status Line 141
The Status Line
The last line of the emulation display is used as a status line which
indicates the status of various operations.
Field
1
: Indicates the current operating mode.
In
BLOCK
mode, keyboard entered data is displayed and
processed locally, allowing you to edit it before a block of
data is sent to the host.
In
CHAR
mode, keyboard entered data is sent simulta-
neously to the host and the display.
In
ECHO
mode, keyboard entered data is sent only to the
host. The host is then responsible for returning the data to
the display.
Field
2
:
INSERT
indicates that Insert mode is active when the Insert
key is pressed or when the Insert Character command is
received. Note that the message will not be displayed if the
Insert character
option in the
IBM 3151 Settings
dialog is
not set to Mode . Insert mode is exited by pressing the
Insert or Reset key.
Field
3
:
HOLD SCREEN
indicates that the Hold Screen key has been
pressed to suspend screen update. Press Hold Screen
again to enable screen update.
INVALID KEY
appears when you press an invalid key.
KEYS LOCKED
appears when the keyboard is locked. The
keys will be unlocked when the Keyboard Unlock com-
mand is received or when the
Cancel key is pressed.
NUMERIC
indicates the cursor is located in an unprotected
numeric field.
PRINTING
indicates that data is being sent to the printer.
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