09-09-15 21:49 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about RIP Graphics
Howdy! Daryl,

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 DS> Ed,

 EV>I've seen the messages in the GT_RIP echo but don't know what to do
 EV>with them.

 EV>I'm just wondering what I need on this XP box to see the RIP images?

 DS>   You need to logon with a program such as RipTel, to telnet
 DS> into a BBS, and choose RIP graphics mode.

 DS>   Unfortunately, TeleGraphix, who pioneered RIP Graphics, went
 DS> out of business over 20 years ago. I did a Google search for
 DS> RipTel, but I don't know what BBS may have it available for
 DS> download. Unfortunately, I don't have it in my files area.

Mike may have RipTel on this BBS, I'll go look for it on the BBS's
Web Portal in a bit.
I'll look at what Wikipedia has to say about RipTel too.

 DS>   When I get the setup into GT Power 20, the message will PAUSE
 DS> at first, noting that "A RIP Graphic follows...press  to
 DS> view it". Without a RIP Graphics compatible program, it looks
 DS> like a bunch of gibberish and garbage.

 DS>   GT Power 19 (and I guess with 20) has RIPScrip support. It's
 DS> 43 lines, and you can use the mouse to navigate the main menus

Thanks for all the help explaining RIP graphics to me.
All I see is jumbled up ASCII in the messages in the Rip echo.

 DS>   Also, with GT Power 20, it's freeware for non-commercial use,
 DS> but you need GT 19 installed first. Tom Watt is the new
 DS> author/developer of it. Eventually, GT will have documentation
 DS> added (I likely will assist Tom on the documentation), and
 DS> probably an email telnet verifier. Of the GT Power Sysops, I
 DS> think only Mike Powell and myself will be using the original
 DS> netmail programs for GT Power related echoes.

I've noticed GT 19 on Mikes BBS but never downloaded it 'cuz I thought
only SysOps needed it.

I may have grabbed GT docs years ago to read and learn stuff about how
GT_Power BBS's do what they do, that was back when I either used the
Commodore 64 or the 486 to log on Tom Currie's The Volunteer BBS.

Some years back I tried Telneting to Mikes BBS, but after He told me
how to use FTP for QWK I haven't used Telnet at all.

Telnet has the look and feel of Dial-Up but I've learned to write a
.BAT to run a FTP Script, and to me that is easier.

73  Ed


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