Hey Alan!

 AI> Strip it!

It is/was.  Here is the evidence;

 :r !file ~/WeBeBashing/source/syncterm-20230302/src/syncterm/gcc.linux.x64.exe.debug/syncterm | sed 's/^/ /'
 /home/maurice/WeBeBashing/source/syncterm-20230302/src/syncterm/gcc.linux.x64.exe.debug/syncterm: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 4.14.0, stripped

Note the "stripped" at the end of the line.

 AI> A lot of BBSs are very retro.

You forgot to mention "hotbeds of activity".  :::wink, wink, knudge, knudge:::

telnet works okay and runs beautifully on the linux terminal along with framebuffered mplayer playing a full screen 4K mp4, all without requiring a gui.  BUT if using a gui then "mplayer -vo vdpau -fs 16penguins.mp4" is something to write home to mother about.

Remember you read it here first.

Life is good,
Maurice

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... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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