Comment on A Mystery of Unix HistoryComments−drfuchs6yThe article is simply incorrect. The VT100 (and VT52 before it) had an ESC key, right where you'd expect it to be. Just about any terminal you might have bought in the 1970's had one.It's shown clearly in the document the article (indirectly) points to: https://vt100.net/docs/vt100-ug/chapter1.html−pdw6yThose have an escape key, but the VT220 doesn't.
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The article is simply incorrect. The VT100 (and VT52 before it) had an ESC key, right where you'd expect it to be. Just about any terminal you might have bought in the 1970's had one.
It's shown clearly in the document the article (indirectly) points to: https://vt100.net/docs/vt100-ug/chapter1.html
Those have an escape key, but the VT220 doesn't.