Subj : Magic smoke update
To   : Spectre
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Oct 08 2023 15:52:42

  Re: Magic smoke update
  By: Spectre to Bob Worm on Sun Oct 08 2023 09:58:00

Hi, Spec.

 > Yup, mental blank. I have no idea what is around for the ol' beebers but if
 > you can find a slip/ppp client for it then all you need is some native tools
 > usually telnet is around being about the most basic. There's a few tools
 > around for the II range, that'll do slip/ppp over serial.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's at least SLIP available for these old Acorns. Quite honestly I'm not very good at making things work on this platform, though - I think it needs a special kind of brain so I will have to sit down with my mate Martin. He loves the Acorns, almost as much as he loves telling me that whatever crazy bodge he just explained makes sense (or made sense at the time) - in fact it was kind of obvious really (?!). I wouldn't put up with it if he wasn't so incredibly helpful and such an all round nice guy.

 > Its all going to depend on ANSI emulation I would have to guess.  They can
 > be quite variable, some may cope with colour and character but not handle
 > movement.  Others may not handle colour or characters but manage movenment.
 > It'll take some trial and error.

Indeed, the concept of "full" ANSI support appears to be, err, in the eye of the beholder! I'm sure it's not helped by having the Pi in the middle. I'm still not entirely sure how I got rotating cursors to stop screwing my screen up - some magic combo of BBS, Pi and ARCterm settings that I'll probably never be able to find again if I do dare to change them.

I'm going to change them, though. I need Bubble Boggle to work via Acorn. It's just a shame I forfeit the day every time I get it wrong.

BobW
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