RdL> terminal encoding before "dialing". I might try one 
 RdL> more thing.  Use the putty terminal to ssh into my 
 RdL> box, then run the bbs script.  In one of putty's 
 RdL> config screens you can enable cp437 for perfect ANSI.

Well that wasn't too good.  I ran putty in Gnome, set translation to CP437,
ssh'd to localhost and ran my bbs script.  I logged into my bbs and it was
almost right.. the gaps between lines were gone, but most high ascii
characters were now just a shaded block.  

When I ran putty from a Windows computer with CP437 translation, ssh'd into
my linux box and ran the script everything looks 100% perfect.  I still
suspect a font issue on Linux?

When I use putty to telnet directly into my bbs, I find it does a terrible
job with many of my screens.  Some entire screens render on only a few
lines, some doors are unusable, etc... I am surprised that using putty to
run minicom solves this problem?

Anyway, if anyone has suggestions to fix my font issues in linux please let
me know. I have tried installing some fonts like a vga font, terminus-dos,
etc.. I ran a couple commands to make X know about the right away, but
could not see these fonts in font dialogs (gedit, and my terminal window). 
Even after rebooting.


Thanks,
Ryan


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