I keep hearing BBS are da thing. OK, I tried and I got this. reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSiNiTRON · 2023-03-12 14:33 you need a telnet client that properly supports ANSI. try syncterm or netrunner. ubuntu native shell seems to handle it as well. windows and mac do not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- schenkzoola · 2023-03-12 15:08 You get used to it. I…I don’t even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head. Hey, you uh… want a drink? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Falk3n_ · 2023-03-12 16:21 Looks like a screen width issue. Someone more knowledgeable might correct me, but I think sometimes the BBS doesn't need to send a new line character when the line takes up the entire width of the screen. It will rely on it just continuing on in the next line down automatically. The issue that stems from that, is that clients that are wider than the usual 80 columns and that don't wrap at 80 columns automatically give you a jumbled mess like you have found out here. If you look at the [original artwork](https://16colo.rs/pack/impure72/pmt-araknet.ans), you can see it takes up the full 80 columns. If you shrunk your client/terminal window to 80 columns wide, or make it wrap at 80 columns, it should work a lot better. An easier option than configuring your client/terminal for BBSes is to use one of the clients/terminals on the side bar of this subreddit. They are already configured to work well with BBSes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gnu2tux · 2023-03-12 20:31 The answer is download Syncterm! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dperry324 · 2023-03-12 21:09 That's way wider than 80 columns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dperry324 · 2023-03-12 21:12 That's like using a gopher client to download SMTP Mail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mckayla_U · 2023-03-13 01:07 Muffin term is good as well and it has iOS and android versions as well ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nevarro · 2023-03-13 01:59 Pretty sure there's no android version ---------------------------------------------------------------------- opicron · 2023-03-13 09:35 Hiya man, Im the sysop of that board-- I think i read your oneliner ;). Putty may not be the best way to visit these boards. Use Netrunner maybe? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nevarro · 2023-03-14 01:17 I haven't used putty for BBSes myself, but my cosysop enjoys using putty for them. He posted instructions on how to configure putty so that it works: https://serionbbs.com/bbs-news#putty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- opicron · 2023-03-14 18:17 Oeh nice ty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kamitsuruyoshi · 2023-03-28 14:51 I may be spoiled by Synchronet, but isn't it possible to disable ANSI menus in user config? Or shouldn't BBS server detect that the terminal can't display ANSI properly? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSiNiTRON · 2023-03-28 14:55 Depends on the client, and BBS software. My BBS only displays ansi mode, because it's a mostly devoted to ANSI art. it also requires ice colors on for proper display, so is limited to syncterm/netrunner and other ice color compatible callers. other bbs will forgo ice colors, and put in ansi detection mechanisms to appeal to people more retro than the ansi age. TL;DR it really depends on the individual board. disclaimer: I'm an ansi artist, so i always want it on. i've never looked to hard into disabling it, because i would never want to do that :)