Subj : Syncterm and Atari BBSes
To   : BF2K+
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 10:49:17

>  > Been so long since I had used an Atari BBS I could not remember if that was
>  > thing back in the 1980s/90s, too, so I didn't want to assume that these
>  > quirks were/were not bugs without asking.  Thanks!

> Syncterm does ATASCII which is the best way to access an AtariBBS. Mine has
> been running since 1984 and on the net since 1999.  You can connect to mine in
> ASCII, ATASCII, or ANSI.

> bfbbs.no-ip.com:8888

Yeah, it does ATASCII but, when you are connecting to a system that only
supports ATASCII, should the syncterm linux user expect that the Return and
Backspace keys won't work?


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