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Kaypro II Video Driver and Escape Sequences

EDITOR'S NOTE (2026-10-08)
The cursor-up entry should read 0Bh, decimal 11. Decimal 12 is cursor-
right.

The Kaypro II manual gives the cursor-position sequence as ESC, =, row
+ 32, column + 32, counting from zero. That's 20h, not decimal 20. The
examples below use 20; I've left the original text intact. Other
controls depend on the model and CP/M revision.

Source: Kaypro II Dealer Reference Manual (1982), Table 2-6, printed
page 27 / PDF page 29.
https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/kaypro/Kaypro_II_Dealer_Reference_Manual_1982.pdf

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Date   : Sat, 19 Jan 1985 04:31:00 MST (Sat)
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Kaypro escape sequences list

Here's the info you wanted on the Kaypro escape sequences.
--Keith
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KAYPRO II VIDEO SOFTWARE DRIVER.

The KAYPRO II video section was designed to imitate the control
sequences of a
Lear-Siegler ADM-3A terminal.  For most commercial software, this means
you
can "install" or customize the display characteristics by choosing the
ADM=3A
from the menu.  For custom software or those instances where there is no
choice of "ADM-3A" on the menu, the following information may help.

The following is a list of the KPRO II  "Terminal" attributes and
control
sequences.

Cursor Control -
        Cursor left (bs) .............  08h     08
        Cursor right .................  0Ch     12
        Cursor down (lf) .............  0Ah     10
        Cursor up ....................  0Bh     12
        Home cursor ..................  1Eh     30
        Clear screen & home cursor ...  1Ah     26
        Carriage return ..............  0Dh     13
        
Cursor Positioning -

        Escape Sequence (ESC+"=") ....  1Bh,3Dh   27,61
        Cursor Rows ..................  0-23
        Cursor Columns ...............  0-79
        Positioning Sequence:
         
            In MBASIC ...       
        
              PRINT chr$(27)+"="+chr$(20+row)+chr$(20+col);


Line Insert/Delete -

        Line Insert (ESC+"E") ........  1Bh,45h   27,69
        Line Delete (ESC+"R") ........  1Bh,52h   27,82

Clear to End of Screen/Line -

        Clear EOL (Ctl-X) ............  18h     24
        Clear EOS (Ctl-W) ............  17h     23

Set Greek or ASCII -

        Set ASCII (ESC+"A") ..........  1Bh,41h   27,65
        Set Greek (ESC+"G") ..........  1Bh,47h   27,71
        After Setting Greek, lower case letters will print as
        the Greek Alphabet.