Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 12 2022 21:50:00

 pF>  bo> I prefer the fixed font, the light text on black background, and the
 pF>  bo> lack of UI elements.  Having the window (or the entire screen)
 pF>  bo> dedicated to the task at hand so you can focus.  Some editors on some
 pF>  bo> BBS's aren't that great (the Mystic one is one of the best), but you
 pF>  bo> can also download a QWK packet and use your own editor, which is
 pF>  bo> another usability win.
 pF> 
 pF> I recreated my old DOS/QWK environment in a full-screen DOSBOX session, 
 pF> using Qedit as an editor and all the old tools I used back in the day. I 
 pF> liked the focus it provided, having one full-screen session and no
 pF> cut/paste  between the internet and my DOS window.
 pF> 
 pF> Now that I have a ultrawide monitor, I prefer running in a windowed
 pF> session;  there's only so far you can stretch fonts.
 pF> 
 pF> There are worse problems to have.

I use Linux, and one option is to simply switch to a text-only framebuffer, ie, no GUI, and run MultiMail and Qodem through that.

Emacs is the text editor.  Most of the time I just use a Window in the GUI, but on the laptop, which has a screen resolution of 1024x768, the text based framebuffer can look pretty cool.

Hi-Res DOS mode without any hassle of emulation.

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