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    From Geri Atricks@21:3/235 to All on Thu Feb 26 18:14:37 2026
    I tried several different telnet clients on my mobile devices over the past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that not a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    ... A Meteor is an example of a rock star.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (21:3/235)
  • From GRiM@21:3/234 to Geri Atricks on Thu Feb 26 21:31:28 2026
    Heya Geri,

    I tried several different telnet clients on my mobile devices over the past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that
    not a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    Did you check out that TERMinator app others have been discussing here? It seems to handle ansi surprisingly well! It's in the apple app store. Not sure if it's on android or not since I don't own one.

    check it out!

    -grim

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Dark Side (21:3/234)
  • From Geri Atricks@21:3/235 to GRiM on Thu Feb 26 23:34:14 2026
    Did you check out that TERMinator app others have been discussing here?
    It seems to handle ansi surprisingly well! It's in the apple app store. Not sure if it's on android or not since I don't own one.

    It's not I checked the other night, And you couldn't pay me to own anything Apple anymore. Not since my old //e that I used to surf the local boards with.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    ... If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (21:3/235)
  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Geri Atricks on Mon Mar 16 02:48:57 2026
    past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that not
    a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    You have to go into the settings and find where you can select the encoding. Usually it will be set for UTF-8, and you need to change it to CP437. Then you also need a font that has upper ascii chars, but a lot of the monospace ones do. In Putty on Windows, for example, you have to select both CP437 encoding and the Terminal font.. but I think in ConnectBot for Android all I had to do was set the encoding.

    Depending on your screen size, Termux can be an OK BBSing terminal. You might need a CP437 wrapper, tho (github.com/keaston/cp437).


    --- NE BBS v1.16 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)