Subj : Re: How to setup the bash shell for ANSI
To   : Paradigms Shifting
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 19 2022 22:26:42

 PS> I wonder if there is a way to get the Linux terminal prompt to support
 PS> it, whether you're telnetting, or not. Just like how the MS-DOS Prompt
 PS> will support it, as long as ANSI.SYS is loaded.
 PS> 
 PS> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)

I just wanted to add, in addition to the cp437 program I use, there is also ztelnet and zssh, which allow file transfers when you connect to a BBS (actually, to any system which has zmodem functionality)

zssh you use in place of ssh, but it can capture and recognise zmodem escape sequences, so using zssh you can drop to the ssh command mode (Ctrl - Space) and use the sz and rz linux utilities to do a send or recieve.

So when the BBS sends the control commands to start a transfer, you press CTRL-Space and at the command line run "rz" to receive or "sz filename" to send.

You can at this command prompt, list files and navigate the directory hierarchy.

Zssh should be part of the Ubuntu repo

ztelnet works the same, and is part of the zssh package, but its telnet.


Another option is to use GNU Screen with regular ssh and ztelnet.  I can explain how this works too, if people are interested.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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