On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:40:16 -0700 (PDT), Payton Byrd wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4:54:57 PM UTC-5, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:10:23 -0700 (PDT), Payton Byrd wrote:
>> >
>> > On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 5:33:16 PM UTC-5, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>> >> I was just (check date stamp here against your logs if interested) trying
>> >> to log in PETASCII doesn't work (no surprise with my terminal). ASCII
>> >> give me what looks like a local echo, so I cannot type "GUEST". While
>> >> ANSI allows to type "GUEST" but then doesn't log me in as guest and asks
>> >> for a password. I also see some odd characters there.
>> >>
>> >> I used the Linux telnet client on various ports you provide. TERM here is
>> >> set to "linux". That usually works with other BBS.
>> >
>> > Andreas,
>> >
>> > Please try logging on with Synchterm (it's easy to find with Google,
>> > probably even in your GNU/Linux's app repository).  I am aware of some
>> > issues with Mac and GNU/Linux telnet causing problems and am working
>> > on that now.
>>
>> I rather not. :-)
>>
>> Please keep in mind you cannot tell everybody to use or even install a
>> certain terminal to use your BBS. Most BBS work with what telnet clients
>> operating systems have pre-installed. It should be possible to modify
>> your BBS to work with those.
>
> My problem is that I have neither a Mac nor a GNU/Linux machine to test with.

You could boot Linux off a live-CD on your computer, like Ubuntu. No need
to install anything.
--
Andreas
You know you're a redneck if
31. If you missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty...

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