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   Rob Swindell to GitLab issue in main/sbbs   
   RLogin terminal output char 251 is someh   
   30 Dec 25 01:26:29   
   
   TZUTC: -0800   
   MSGID: 59093.sync_sys@1:103/705 2db9b79a   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/48922a15c Dec 17 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.34-Linux master/d6a470005 Dec 30 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: VERT   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1037   
      
   In v3.20, when connecting via RLogin with an unrecognized user name, I receive   
   the following in SyncTERM for Windows (all versions):   
   ```   
         Synchronet BBS for Win32  Version 3.20  Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell   
   UNKNOWN USER: badusername   
   Starting new user registration ...   
   [√] HIT your BACKSPACE or DELETE-LEFT key:     
   ```   
      
   But with the new terminal abstraction in Synchronet, the following is   
   displayed in SyncTERM for Windows (all versions):   
   ```   
         Synchronet BBS for Win32  Version 3.21  Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell   
   UNKNOWN USER: badusername   
   Starting new user registration ...   
   [¹] HIT your BACKSPACE or DELETE-LEFT key:     
   ```   
      
   I find this baffling as SyncTERM is only receiving and displaying CP437, but   
   the char 251 (square root / checkmark) is being translated into a superscript   
   '1' (U+00B9) - glyph that doesn't even exist in CP437.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.34-Linux   
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