Subj : DOSBox
To   : Digital Avatar
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Feb 21 2020 21:35:06

  Re: DOSBox
  By: Digital Avatar to Nightfox on Fri Feb 21 2020 09:00 pm

 DA> I've experienced similar issues with Syncterm when logging in to some
 DA> Mystic boards (i.e. screen size is not correct so shit scrolls). Disabling
 DA> the status bar usually does the trick. Good money says whatever board
 DA> you're calling is expecting you to have a full 80x25 screen when, in fact,
 DA> your terminal is 80x24 (reserving the last line for the status line). Back
 DA> in the day you'd always make sure your ANSIs and prompts stopped by the
 DA> 24th line for just that reason... something that seems to have been
 DA> forgotten in today's world (much like cutting your ANSIs off at the 78th
 DA> or 79th column so you can post them in ANSI-friendly subs directly without
 DA> them getting garbled by attempts at line-wrapping).

 DA> TL;DR Disabling your status line will probably take care of the issue on
 DA> boards expecting an 80x25 terminal.

I was trying Telix in DOSBox with my own BBS.  Disabling the status line didn't 
help.  When I tried disabling the status line in Telix, but it was still acting 
screwy (i.e., sending blank data to the BBS) and sometimes garbling ANSI.

I run Synchronet on my BBS, which should be able to detect the terminal size of 
the client.

 DA> Also, just because it reminded me, my progression in terminals was:
 DA> Procomm Plus -> Commo -> Qmodem Pro -> Telix -> Telemate.

I also started with Procomm Plus.  I tried a few others, including Qmodem Pro, 
Telix, Telemate, and I think a couple others, and Telemate ended up being my 
favorite one.

Nightfox
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