Fill characters are required to keep the VT100 synchronized with the host computer when the XON/XOFF control codes are not used. Table C-1 shows the VT100 fill character requirements for every receive speed at which the terminal is capable of operating. No entry in a column indicates that fill characters are not required in that specific case.
| Receive Baud Rate | Control Function | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEL, IND, LF, RI (Smooth scroll feature selected) | DECALN | DECCOLM | ED | NEL, IND, LF, RI (Jump scroll feature selected) | EL | DECINLM | All others except DECTST and RIS | |
| 19200.0 | 384 | 243 | 243 | 90 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 9600.0 | 192 | 122 | 122 | 45 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4800.0 | 96 | 61 | 61 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2400.0 | 48 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 2000.0 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 1800.0 | 36 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 1200.0 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 600.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 300.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 200.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 150.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 134.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 110.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 75.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||