Re: Best terminal for BBS
  By: Dimitri Papadopoulos to All on Thu Feb 26 2009 12:08:45

 > From a BBS user standpoint, it has been my observation, that nowadays most
 > people run their display screen at high resolution (1024x768) and even at
 > 1280x1024, like me.

From the standpoint of a person living in the real world, 1024x768 is ancient.
That was the native resolution on most 15" LCD panels and older
(crappier) 17"
LCD panels.  Hell, my last CRT monitor, a 15", was capable of at least
1024x768, albeit at a low refresh rate.  17" and 19" (non-widescreen) LCD
panels have been running at 1280x1024 for years, and the better 19" panels at
higher resolutions, not to mention larger screens and not to even begin to
delve into the widescreen displays that have been popular for several years
now.

 > Running the built-in windows telnet terminal in 80x24 ANSI, is not
 > practical, as the window will be too small.  SecureCRT did a good enough

Full-screen the window on a CRT and that problem goes away.  You appear to be
living in CRT-land, so this should not be a problem for you.

Failing that, I sometimes think that the 80x24 limitation is a good one.  As
opposed to a fully resizeable html document that can be busy with
advertisements and links all over the place (don't get me wrong, I like the web
plenty,) a BBS has to make some effort to fit useful information readably and
navigably into a small space.  I like the simple, linear, menu-based,
monotasking environment that a BBS offers.

 > It has the ability to run Full Screen at 80x24, properly display ANSI
 > graphics and best of all, display RIP screens when available! For the first
 > time I was able to fully enjoy BBsing on my Windows XP box as I did back in
 > the early 90's !

Full screen 80x25 textmode sucks on LCD displays.  As much as I like BBSing in
full screen, I dislike the fuzziness of a cluster of LCD pixels trying to serve
as a single pixel.  Perhaps if I lived in CRT country like you I would
appreciate this feature more.

RIP lived and died very quickly from what I recall.  I don't think they're
bound for a comeback when a more graphical experience is available on the web.

 > It's simply the best Telnet ANSI/RIP terminal I came accross for a modern
 > Windows XP Operating system.  This terminal will help overcome lots of the
 > issues current BBS users experience.

mTelnet and SyncTerm are very good options - not sure about the RIP part, but
like I said, I think that's a dead mode.

dm
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