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    From Heisenberg@21:3/211 to All on Sun Sep 7 06:50:39 2025
    so i connect to my Mystic BBS with Syncterm and have the font/encoding set to cp437, when i try to play one of my door games - tradwars 2002, the ansi graphics in Tradwars look like garbage, but they are fine when im back in Mystic BBS.

    I dont have the option to select utf8 in Syncterm.. but i can with Putty.. and tradwars looks good.

    I dont really want to use putty if dont have to, any ideas.

    thanks,
    Michael

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  • From Accession@21:1/200 to Heisenberg on Sun Sep 7 09:53:50 2025
    Hey Heisenberg!

    On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:50:38 +0000, you wrote:

    so i connect to my Mystic BBS with Syncterm and have the font/encoding
    set to cp437, when i try to play one of my door games - tradwars 2002,
    the ansi graphics in Tradwars look like garbage, but they are fine when
    im back in Mystic BBS.

    I dont have the option to select utf8 in Syncterm.. but i can with
    Putty.. and tradwars looks good.

    I dont really want to use putty if dont have to, any ideas.

    I just had a moment of de ja vu where I could swore I answered this just 30 seconds ago. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Merlin@21:2/137 to Accession on Sun Sep 7 15:11:46 2025
    I just had a moment of de ja vu where I could swore I answered this just 30 seconds ago. ;)

    Yup..lol

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