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  • Changing default telnet size to 24x40

    From Mikek@VERT/SNOCONE to All on Sat Dec 10 08:17:52 2022
    When trying to access my BBS from my Atari 800XL the terminal size is 24x40 but the BBS is not detecting that and keeps sending 80 columns. What would be the way to either set the default to 24x40 or automatically adapt?

    MikeK
    (SnoCoNe BBS)

    Mike

    Sysop SNOCONE BBS
    Retro computing related stuff mostly
    Snohomish, WA

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mikek on Sat Dec 10 16:59:21 2022
    Re: Changing default telnet size to 24x40
    By: Mikek to All on Sat Dec 10 2022 02:17 am

    When trying to access my BBS from my Atari 800XL the terminal size is 24x40 but the BBS is not detecting that and keeps sending 80 columns. What would be the way to either set the default to 24x40 or automatically adapt?

    Do you have an Atari terminal progarm that supports ANSI? If so, it should enable the BBS to auto-detect the terminal dimensions.

    If the terminal doesn't support ANSI, there's also the Telnet "Negotiate window size" command that the terminal can send to the BBS and it will recognize the new terminal dimensions.

    If the terminal does not support ANSI or Telnet "Negotiate window size", then the user will have to set the terminal dimensions manually in their user settings ("D" command from the main menu of the default/classic command shell).
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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Mikek on Wed Dec 21 14:38:57 2022
    Re: Changing default telnet size to 24x40
    By: Mikek to All on Sat Dec 10 2022 02:17 am

    When trying to access my BBS from my
    Atari 800XL the terminal size is 24x

    What terminal program are you using?
    Doh, I was about to suggest Ice-T, but
    all except the very first version won't
    run on a stock 800XL. There's always
    FlickerTerm80, OmniCom, AnsiTerm, and
    Kermit65, though!

    By the way, are you on the Atari BBSes?

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