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    From Geri Atricks@21:3/235 to All on Thursday, February 26, 2026 18:14:37
    I tried several different telnet clients on my mobile devices over the past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that not a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    ... A Meteor is an example of a rock star.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (21:3/235)
  • From GRiM@21:3/234 to Geri Atricks on Thursday, February 26, 2026 21:31:28
    Heya Geri,

    I tried several different telnet clients on my mobile devices over the past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that
    not a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    Did you check out that TERMinator app others have been discussing here? It seems to handle ansi surprisingly well! It's in the apple app store. Not sure if it's on android or not since I don't own one.

    check it out!

    -grim

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Dark Side (21:3/234)
  • From Geri Atricks@21:3/235 to GRiM on Thursday, February 26, 2026 23:34:14
    Did you check out that TERMinator app others have been discussing here?
    It seems to handle ansi surprisingly well! It's in the apple app store. Not sure if it's on android or not since I don't own one.

    It's not I checked the other night, And you couldn't pay me to own anything Apple anymore. Not since my old //e that I used to surf the local boards with.

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

    ... If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (21:3/235)
  • From phigan@21:3/193 to Geri Atricks on Monday, March 16, 2026 02:48:57
    past few years, and the biggest problem I've always run into was that not
    a single one of them handle ANSI correctly.

    You have to go into the settings and find where you can select the encoding. Usually it will be set for UTF-8, and you need to change it to CP437. Then you also need a font that has upper ascii chars, but a lot of the monospace ones do. In Putty on Windows, for example, you have to select both CP437 encoding and the Terminal font.. but I think in ConnectBot for Android all I had to do was set the encoding.

    Depending on your screen size, Termux can be an OK BBSing terminal. You might need a CP437 wrapper, tho (github.com/keaston/cp437).


    --- NE BBS v1.16 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to phigan on Friday, March 20, 2026 06:06:33

    I recently tried Termius on my Android phone and have had pretty good luck with it. You have to set the charset to "IBM437" for ANSI to display correctly. It's not great, but not unusable for mobile.



    --- NE BBS v1.16 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From phigan@21:3/193 to slacker on Friday, March 20, 2026 07:01:43
    I recently tried Termius on my Android phone and have had pretty good
    luck with it. You have to set the charset to "IBM437" for ANSI to display

    Yeah, but doesn't Termius make you create an account and log in to something? Why does an SSH client need to call home for things? Ehhh. I tried it out on IOS.. but really, Termux (Android) and iSH (IOS) do almost everything you ever need.



    --- NE BBS v1.16 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to phigan on Saturday, March 21, 2026 18:41:11
    Yeah, but doesn't Termius make you create an account and log in to
    something? Why does an SSH client need to call home for things? Ehhh. I
    tried it out on IOS.. but really, Termux (Android) and iSH (IOS) do
    almost everything you ever need.

    I didnt have to make an account on Android. I'm actually using it right now. The only issue I have is having to press the "..." and then left arrow to backspace instead of the actual key. That might be a setting though...


    --- NE BBS v1.16 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)