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Televideo 995-65

The Televideo 995-65 is a computer terminal that used various “personalities” for compatibility with ASCII, ANSI, and PC terminal applications. It was used in bank teller, fast food, and point-of-sale applications. 1)

Keyboards

The terminal could come with three different standard keyboard layouts - an “AT” keyboard, an “ASCII” keyboard, and a “DEC Style VT-320” keyboard. 2)

AT

The AT keyboard uses the “Asian” 101-key layout. The keyboard could be ordered with layouts for US English, UK English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, and Swedish.

ASCII

The ASCII keyboard uses a variation of the ASCII layout. It features 16 function keys lined up in a row, a bank of 10 “Editing keys” in a grouping of two rows, each with 5 keys.

DEC Style

The DEC keyboard is based off of the layout of the DEC LK201 keyboard 3); but is modified with dedicated buttons for Escape, Backspace, Line Feed, and two dedicated Alt keys. This keyboard was available with US English, UK English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, and Swedish layouts.

1)
Televideo (Oct. 1994), retrieved from Bitsavers - Televideo 995-65 Specs
2)
Televideo (Dec. 1994), retrieved from Bitsavers - Televideo 995-65 User's Guide