Subj : Re: Kannons and Katapults
To   : STEPHEN HURD
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Dec 07 2025 11:13:35

> It's possible that the telnet support doesn't do anything with NVT CRs, I
> didn't dig in too deeply into the source, just noticed that it does do at leas
> some option negotiation and will track the current state.

N/p, thanks for the tip nonetheless!

> So likely you only need to do this if you need to accept or send character 255
> (which is a special telnet character) such as for uploads and downloads.

That is *very* interesting.  Since moving away from Vmodem / OS/2, putting
the DOS BBS behind any "proper" telnet server (like mystic's matrix menu)
*breaks* file transfers, so apparently those don't necessarily do the right
thing, either.  ;)

I have it set up to be accessible via two ports.  The primary allows folks
who have a terminal program capable of RAW mode to call in without the
double-CR while also being able to do things like download a QWK packet.
The other port is behind a telnet server/listener that allows folks whose
terminal program doesn't do RAW mode to call in and do just about
everything but transfer files.

Mike

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