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+ISOTerminal.addEventListener('init', function(){
+  this.VT100Init()
+})
+
+ISOTerminal.prototype.VT100Init = function(){
+
+  const setupVT100 = (opts) => {
+    if( !opts ) return
+    const {instance, aEntity} = opts
+    const el = aEntity.el.dom.querySelector('#term')
+    opts.vt100 = {
+      cols: aEntity.cols, 
+      rows: aEntity.rows,
+      el_or_id: el,
+      max_scroll_lines: aEntity.rows*2, 
+      nodim: true,
+      rainbow: [VT100.COLOR_MAGENTA, VT100.COLOR_CYAN ],
+      xr: AFRAME.scenes[0].renderer.xr,
+      map: {
+        'ArrowRight': { ch: false, ctrl: '\x1b\x66' },  // this triggers ash-shell forward-word
+        'ArrowLeft':  { ch: false, ctrl: '\x1b\x62' }   //                         backward-word
+      }
+    }
+    this.vt100 = new VT100( opts.vt100 )
+    this.vt100.el = el
+    this.vt100.curs_set( 1, true)
+    this.vt100.focus()
+    this.vt100.getch( (ch,t) => {
+      this.send( ch )
+    })
+    aEntity.term.emit('initVT100',this)
+    aEntity.el.addEventListener('focus', () => this.vt100.focus() )
+
+    //aEntity.el.addEventListener('serial-output-byte', (e) => {
+    //  const byte = e.detail
+    //  var chr = String.fromCharCode(byte);
+    //  this.vt100.addch(chr)
+    //})
+    aEntity.el.addEventListener('serial-output-string', (e) => {
+      this.vt100.write(e.detail)
+    })
+
+    //aEntity.el.addEventListener('serial-output-string', (e) => {
+    //  const str = e.detail;
+    //  let currentString = '';
+    //  let inEscapeSequence = false;
+    //  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
+    //    const chr = str[i];
+    //    if (chr === '\r' || chr === '\n' || chr === '\b' || chr.charCodeAt(0) < 32 || chr.charCodeAt(0) === 127) {
+    //      if (currentString) {
+    //        this.vt100.write(currentString);
+    //        currentString = '';
+    //      }
+    //      this.vt100.addch(chr);
+    //    } else if (chr === '\x1b') {
+    //      if (currentString) {
+    //        this.vt100.write(currentString);
+    //        currentString = '';
+    //      }
+    //      inEscapeSequence = true;
+    //      this.vt100.addch(chr);
+    //    } else if (inEscapeSequence) {
+    //      if (chr ==='m') {
+    //        inEscapeSequence = false;
+    //      }
+    //      this.vt100.addch(chr);
+    //    } else {
+    //      currentString += chr;
+    //    }
+    //  }
+    //  if (currentString) {
+    //    this.vt100.write(currentString);
+    //  }
+    //});
+
+
+
+    // translate file upload into pasteFile
+    this.vt100.upload.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
+      const file = this.vt100.upload.files[0];
+      const item = {...file, getAsFile: () => file }
+      this.el.emit('pasteFile', { item, type: file.type });
+    })
+
+  }
+
+  this.addEventListener('term_init', (opts) => setupVT100(opts.detail) )
+}