Subj : ANSI & ASCII w/ Golded
To   : apam
From : deon
Date : Sun Dec 17 2023 02:22 pm

  Re: ANSI & ASCII w/ Golded
  By: apam to deon on Sun Dec 17 2023 12:29 pm

 >  > The clrghouz messages dont use any ANSI (well except the netmail when you
 >  > link your system - I should change that...)
 >
 > Although your netmail ansi's look cool (i've gotten a few :)) I'd say
 > probably best to stick to plain ascii, as it's a service for lots of people
 > you'd probably want to cater for the lowest common denominator.
 >
 > I'd probably even stick to ordinary ascii and not use the high ascii as
 > well.
 >
 > I hate suggesting it because they all look really good, and I am sure most
 > people can cope with the high ascii, but no doubt there will be someone
 > trying to interface with a potato that can't speak anything but the most
 > basic characters.

Thanks :)

Yeah, I actually dont want to loose it - so I might even add a flag, so folks can switch it to low ASCII for their system if they want (I dont think anybody will...). I also tried to keep the appropriate text away from the high ASCII, so that even if it is garbled, you can atleast read the rest of the message to understand why you got it.

I'll have a play...

(I'm hoping that others (which includes you), that as you develop for this old tech, you do get to exploit what it could have done - before it wasnt superceeded by GUI, graphics and the internet... :))


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