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   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
      
    On 2019 Apr 13 18:00:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> if that's the post i think it was, i included a graphic of a rainbow   
    ml>> over a pot of gold...   
      
    MK> Yes that would be the msg in question.  However the graphic is definetly   
    MK> grunged even when converted to utf8 from cp437.   
      
   i don't doubt it... there were also ^A codes as well as ANSI codes...   
      
    MK> Is there an original I can have a looksee?   
      
   i'll have to try to dig one out...   
      
    MK> If it contains any ansi escape sequences that is what would cause   
    MK> extreme grief as those will not work in fidonet messaging.   
      
   there were and they do not... i see ANSI graphics posted in one or two of the   
   BBS ads echos all the time...   
      
    MK> Anyhow I have been able to convert cp437 ansi files to utf8 ansi files   
    MK> in the past and the result is best viewed using stty.  Offhand I don't   
    MK> recall exactly how it was achieved but do recall stty has some   
    MK> switches to force the view to 24x80 so that the ansi escape sequences   
      
   that should not be needed with what i do... my ANSI screens always save their   
   current cursor position at the end of the data and then move to the beginning   
   of the next line to emit it... in thedraw, it is done with block-save...   
      
    MK> behave themselves on terminals foreign to 'normal' DOS-think   
    MK> terminals.  Not sure if the same will work on a KDE terminal but   
    MK> perhaps something closer to a 'normal' terminal such as rxvt?   
      
   i don't know at this point...   
      
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