Is there a terminal for Windows that handles ansi characters? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-10-04 16:36 Generally I use putty for my ssh/telnet work. However, when you hit a BBS that uses ansi graphics in their layout... not so great. Is it a particular font choice that I need to use, or is the support of that application specific? If so, suggest an app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nietzsche5745 · 2014-10-04 18:40 Syncterm is the way to go for bbs client. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iheartbaconsalt · 2014-10-04 23:43 Yep. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mveety · 2014-10-04 23:58 Yep. Absolutely the best client out there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- larryvillain · 2014-10-05 16:15 As mentioned, SyncTerm is way easier. However, in PuTTY's options: Window/Appearance: - Set font to Terminal (or another fixed-width raster font) - Font quality: Default Window/Translation: - Remote character set: CP437 - Use font in both ANSI and OEM modes Window/Colors: - Allow terminal to specify ANSI colors - Bolded text is a different color That should at least get ANSI and extended ASCII to display correctly. Getting the keypad and arrow keys to work can be kind of confusing, and I haven't quite figured out the magic combination yet. Maybe someone else knows? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derfherdez · 2014-10-07 23:35 But then no xyz modem ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derfherdez · 2014-10-07 23:36 If you want the "full " experience, dosbox emulates modems over tcpip so you can use old comms programs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_1337 · 2014-10-11 10:30 mt32 for windows http://mt32.bbses.info syncterm windows linux osx http://syncterm.bbsdev.net netrunner windows linux pi http://mysticbbs.com i prefer mt32 for windows. syncterm is a bit ugly and awkward. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2014-10-13 03:43 That's just the thing. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samalex01 · 2014-11-06 16:26 SyncTerm is my fave on any platform (OSX, Linux, or Windows). Also I used to use ZOC years ago, but looks like they've gotten rather proud of it and charge like $80 a license. Used to be a free version or a demo that didn't expire, I can't remember. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees · 2014-11-24 05:43 ...including RIPTerm -- it turns out that there are still quite a few RIP-supporting BBSes accessible via telnet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derfherdez · 2014-11-24 10:25 Yeah i never used ripterm back in the day as I had a unix shell that I could compile twinsock on. It's amazing how consumer 32bit software + the internet obliterated bbses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees · 2014-11-24 16:40 I remember using BBSes regularly in parallel with the internet for a couple of years. The web grew exponentially in the mid-late '90s, but when I first got internet access in 1993, there was still a lot of stuff on BBSes that wasn't always available via the internet: huge archives of DOS software, FidoNet discussions, etc. I think I last dialed into a local BBS sometime around 1996. At the time, RIP was very common, and had a unique style of vector graphics that was sort of a forerunner to SVG. Despite the ongoing interest in BBSes and ANSI graphics, there doesn't seem to be much modern interest in RIP, which is unfortunate, as there's a lot of RIP art out there that's just going to end up falling into obscurity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derfherdez · 2014-11-25 02:16 by 1993 I was exclusively OS/2 and Linux so I didn't care that much about MS-DOS so I guess that is why... And all I seemed to do was scour tsx-11.mit.edu for Linux updates and additions. I still remember the 'fun' of installing SLS, along with the boot/root diskettes and having to hex edit the kernel to have have it mount the harddisk. And for the OS/2 stuff there was hobbes, and the rise of those 'shareware/shovelware CD-ROM's' back then. It's amazing how storage really exploded mid 90's where we went from having barely any information to well today where I have 10 years of USENET stuff in a directory along with a local copy of wikipedia and all kinds of other crap. Another downside I recall with RIP is that most BBS packages, doors, and even client programs wanted more money for them? I don't recall it being cheap and this mosaic thing, along with Win32s was free. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees · 2014-11-25 03:02 > I still remember the 'fun' of installing SLS, along with the boot/root diskettes and having to hex edit the kernel to have have it mount the harddisk. I started playing with Linux around 1996 or so, but I never used it as a primary OS until this year. But you can bet my Linux build of DOSBox gets a lot of use. I do remember the boot/root disks when from back then, though. I think the first Linux distro I ever tried was Yggdrasil, which I discovered in about 1994 or so, but never could try, because the distro was still larger than the hard drive I had in my 486 at the time. I did get a copy from Walnut Creek, though, which really doesn't get enough credit for spreading open-source software -- and all the shareware via the compilations you mentioned. Thankfully, most of those old CDs are now on archive.org. > Another downside I recall with RIP is that most BBS packages, doors, and even client programs wanted more money for them? I don't recall it being cheap and this mosaic thing, along with Win32s was free. The main issue with RIP is that Telegrafix, the company behind it, was very aggressive about keeping it proprietary and charging licensing fees to incorporate RIP support into software. That really limited its adoption outside of the BBS world, which is too bad, because it was a really cool technology, well ahead of its time, and they even tried to expand it onto the internet. IIRC, they developed a RIP- based browser plugins that enabled fast, interactive vector graphics and animations on websites well before Flash came along, and even a telnet client that supported RIP. If they'd been more open with the protocol, things might have been very different. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9600bps · 2014-11-30 20:14 I love this notion of a RIP-enabled WWW! I just started a new thread to discuss it: http://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/2nvbqs/what_if_net scape_had_supported_rip/