Subj : RIP 1.54 and telnet
To   : deon
From : Al
Date : Fri Dec 16 2022 03:53:18

> In Avatar, its 3 chars "^V^An" a 62.5% saving, to set both the foreground and
> background.

> So if you had a very ANSI centric display (which BBSs had), the saving over a
> slow medium noticably adds up... Back in those days, where disk space was a
> premium, the savings on disk would be noticable too.

Yep, back in those days I started out with a 2400 baud modem, and stayed that way for some time since modems were (very) exensive at the time.

Good times they were!

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