Handler

I'd like to connect to @benjedwards 's The Cave BBS (and others) from ChromeOS within the linux (crostini) terminal. However, it appears I lack the proper fonts/codepage as shown in the first screenshot. The only thing I've found that works is running through the following application: https://github.com/rvalles/pybbsterm

That does give me what I want (as seen from the second screenshot)....but it would be great if I didn't need to depend on a python application and things "just worked". Does anyone have experience with displaying ansi art via telnet from the linux terminal in ChromeOS?

#bbs #ansiart #chromeos #crostini #chromebook #telnet

GitHub - rvalles/pybbsterm: Terminal compatible with ansi-bbs. Meant to be a prototype, but published because why not.

Terminal compatible with ansi-bbs. Meant to be a prototype, but published because why not. - GitHub - rvalles/pybbsterm: Terminal compatible with ansi-bbs. Meant to be a prototype, but published be...

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Feb 6, 2023 at 10:31pmWeb
Show threadBenj EdwardsFeb 7, 2023
@handler there’s a free Code Page 437 font out there on the net that does the trick
Show threadHandlerFeb 7, 2023
@benjedwards Thanks, I’ll try to go down that route. Though I’m beginning to see that adding fonts to ChromeOS is not really a thing, and the fonts for the built-in terminal aren’t the Linux fonts…but the ChromeOS fonts. I may need to launch another terminal that takes advantage of the Linux fonts….but at that point, I can just use the Python app. 🤷‍♂️ Thought this would be easier. :)
Show threadBenj EdwardsFeb 7, 2023
@handler ChromeOS can be finicky, I feel your pain