John F. wrote to All:

JF> Hi guys, posting this from a Synchronet BBS, connecting via telnet from 
JF> Linux. I'm having a bit of a problem in that when I telnet in from the
JF> linux  console, I get major ugliness.

Dang, I should have thought of this before. Try entering this at the
console or adding it to .bash_profile. I'm not sure why/how it works,
it just does.. :)

echo -en "\033(U"

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... And now for something you'll really like! -Rocky

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