Subj : RIP 1.54 and telnet
To   : esc
From : Oli
Date : Thu Dec 15 2022 20:23:34

esc wrote (2022-12-15):

 Ol>> AVATAR was great. Unfortunately there are only few programs that
 Ol>> support it.

 e> I've never actually seen avatar screens on a BBS but recall constantly
 e> having to select ansi on some bbses and seeing avatar as an alternative.
 e> I was always curious but have zero context lol.

It is not much different than ANSI. It is faster on slow modem connections, because the control codes uses fewer bytes than ANSI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Video_Attribute_Terminal_Assembler_and_Recreator

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