Re: Best terminal for BBS
  By: Rob Swindell to Dimitri Papadopoulos on Thu Feb 26 2009 06:25 pm

> HyperTerminal *comes with* Windows XP. I'm not sure why you didn't try it.

True, HyperTerminal comes with XP, amd I did try it.  My issue with that one is
that my screen resolution on my desktop computer is 1280x1024 and when I telnet
to a BBS at 80x24 ANSI, the 'telnet terminal' is just a quarter of the screen.
I tried also other Telnet software which ran in a sort-of-a-DOS window in XP,
but when I tried Full-Screen, the text seemed bizare.

Today I discovered RIPtel 3.1, and when I've put it in Full-Screen, I was
amazed. Every single pixel of screen is dedicated to the BBS telnet. - From top
to bottom & from left to right. No windows menus, status bars, title bars,
minimize or maximize buttons.  It's a plain good 80x24 full-screen with clean 
looking text in both CRT and LCD. (and can display RIP screens when available).
There's also an option to run RIPtel in "windowed" mode. (like
HyperTerminal
and the many others)

Anyway, I like it, and I just wanted to share my experience.  I guess that
there are different tastes out there with options to serve all.

I just like the idea that I can have a real 80x24 full-screen ANSI in a Telnet
session, just like I used to have in the DOS days. (and/or real EGA/VGA RIPs
when available).

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