CLI ANSI terminal for Linux?
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gozarc · 2019-02-21 13:03

I like using Syncterm, but sometimes I want to connect from the shell
prompt. Is there a good way of doing this?

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dperry324 · 2019-02-21 14:09

Xqtr wrote one. It's pretty good.  Telnet to Cyberiabbs.zapto.org and
search the file base. It should be in the fsxnet group.  Look for ANSI
viewer.

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gozarc · 2019-02-21 16:25

Qodem looks like it's exactly what I wanted. Sweet!

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jcs · 2019-02-21 17:40

`syncterm -iC` is a curses interface, or `syncterm -iF` if your
terminal font supports the 437 codepage

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[deleted] · 2019-02-22 11:54

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ILikeBumblebees · 2019-02-22 11:56

As an aside, [this tool](https://github.com/keaston/cp437) is a must-
have for anyone doing anything related to old-school BBSes on the
terminal in Linux -- it converts CP437 output from any program to
UTF-8 on the fly.

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samalex01 · 2019-03-04 16:29

Kinda involved, but you can setup Dosbox and run something like Telix
or Terminate or even COMit. Add something like this to the Dosbox
config file:

serial1=modem listenport 23

Once you have Telix or whatever copied to your Dosbox C: root just run
Dosbox from terminal and you're as it was back in the day.  I used to
do all my BBSing this way, just haven't 'dialed in' for some time now.
Other than Syncterm I haven't really found any good alternatives to
the old tried and true.

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mysticbbs · 2019-03-04 18:34

Note that you won't have success transferring files and you also won't
get as good of ANSI support as you do with clients like NetRunner and
SyncTerm.  High on nostalgia though! :)

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samalex01 · 2019-03-04 19:16

> ansferring files and you also won't get as good of ANSI support as
you do with clients like NetRunner and SyncTerm. High on nostalgia
though! :)

I haven't had any ANSI issues, though ANSI with music doesn't work.
Also this works very well with X/Y/Z Modem xfers just as it did back
in the day.  For me it was the ideal setup, just takes alittle work to
get it going.

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mlongval · 2022-12-31 07:31

Thanks for the info. It was just what I needed. Cheers!