Subj : BBS client of choice for
To   : Papa
From : Weatherman
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 00:52:00

-=> Papa wrote to All <=-

 Pa> @VIA: VERT/UNDRMINE
 Pa> @MSGID: <5F3B1F42.2470.dove-hwswhelp@bbs.undermine.ca>
 Pa> @TZ: c1a4
 Pa> NetRunner? SyncTERM? Something else? What is your preferred software
 Pa> for connecting to BBSs, and why? I will usually be connecting from a
 Pa> 64-bin Linux system.

I've been using SyncTerm and liking it.  I just installed it on all my Linux
boxes yesterday, as a matter of fact.  I am not a fan of the interface, but
feature for feature it kicks ass.  It's got probably the best ANSI emulation
I've seen in a long time, it supports ANSI/ASCII and (believe it or don't)
PETSCII in 40 and 80 column modes!  File transfers via X-Modem, Y-Modem and
Z-Modem pretty much covers any system you'll connect to.  

I am not a fan of the interface.  It's a single pop-up menu with no submenus,
but oddly enough it covers just about anything you need it to - particularly
once you configure your connection.  I just think it gives me an impression of
being a stop-gap solution rather than a full-featured terminal program, but I
am definitely wrong.  It'll do anything and everything you need.  Do yourself a
favor and google "install syncterm linux" and one of those results will provide
you with a very nice script for installing SyncTerm on a Linux system.  You
won't be sorry.  

Hope this helps!



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