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   Payton Byrd to Andreas Kohlbach   
   Re: WorldBankBBS Update   
   15 Jun 16 21:40:16   
   
   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.   
      
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