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  • Syncterm and Atari BBSes

    From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to PHIGAN on Saturday, September 27, 2025 09:03:43
    I've heard of having that problem with Syncterm, but it's not expected. You should not be having them, and I'm not sure what causes it. What version of Syncterm are you using? Was it precompiled or did you compile it? Maybe something to try is to run it from the terminal and do a "stty erase ^V^H" (that's ctrl-V, ctrl-H) before running "syncterm".

    I am using 1.1rc4. I am pretty sure I compiled it myself.

    Also, XEP-80 is just if you want 80 column ATASCII. Most of the boards will look best in regular 40 columns. Can't remember if it's just called "Atari" or
    what.

    I think it is called Atari. I tried that one first and it didn't work well
    for this particular BBS. I tried the XEP-80 next and the board displayed
    quite well.

    I remember using CTRL-M back in the old days on some boards (not sure they
    were Atari) so I didn't think much of that one, but not having a working
    BKSP key was a little more (minor) annoying. ;)


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  • From Bf2k+@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Saturday, September 27, 2025 20:29:48
    Re: Syncterm and Atari BBSes
    By: Dumas Walker to BF2K+ on Fri Sep 26 2025 10:49 am

    Yeah, it does ATASCII but, when you are connecting to a system that only supports ATASCII, should the syncterm linux user expect that the Return and Backspace keys won't work?

    I have not tried Syncterm on Linux so I don't know the answer to that now... maybe I will install it on my Mint laptop and see what happens.

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to BF2K+ on Sunday, September 28, 2025 09:12:47
    Yeah, it does ATASCII but, when you are connecting to a system that only supports ATASCII, should the syncterm linux user expect that the Return and
    Backspace keys won't work?

    I have not tried Syncterm on Linux so I don't know the answer to that now... maybe I will install it on my Mint laptop and see what happens.

    Based on a post in the announce echo, I am a version or more behind. That could be my issue right there.


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  • From phigan@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Monday, September 29, 2025 09:39:46
    Re: Syncterm and Atari BBSes
    By: Dumas Walker to PHIGAN on Sat Sep 27 2025 09:03 am

    I am using 1.1rc4. I am pretty sure I compiled it myself.

    Like you said in another message, that version is pretty (very) old. Definitely try a newer one.

    There are just a couple Atari BBSes (and one custom) that only allow ATASCII that I can think of... SouthernAMIS and Nite Lite. Both of those are 40 columns by default and should work fine with the "Atari" screen mode.
    Also, area52.tk:5200 ;)

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