Hello Alan,

On Sunday June 28 2020 01:10, you wrote to mark lewis:

 AI> I almost always login with plain old telnet or ssh and when I do that
 AI> with MBSE my terminal changes into a graphics mode that makes it
 AI> impossible to read anthing on the screen after that musical note
 AI> character.

This illustrates my "using undocumented features in a global network is bad
practise".

Your terminal going into another mode is complient with the original meaning of
"Shift Out".

 AI> The only way to get the terminal back to normal is to type "reset" at
 AI> the command prompt.

The acompanying code for SO is SI, Shift In. You may get your terminal back
into text mode by typing control O.

 AI> I don't know if it's the musical note or a control character or a
 AI> combination of those.

What appears on some screens as a musical note IS a control character. I
repeat: bad idea to use that in the text part of a Fidonet message. 


Cheers, Michiel

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