Is anyone connecting to his server? The text formatting is off for me and
the input only allows a single character before it responds. I've tried netrunner, icyterm and mtelnet with the same results. Telnetting from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

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on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

tried netrunner, icyterm and mtelnet with the same results. Telnetting from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

Using a BBS terminal won't solve anything, because the UI displays characters in "raw mode". Sorry I don't know much about Windows telnet clients. It
works perfectly fine in Linux. I'd advice you to use a Linux VM. Sorry.

-ignatius

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* In a message originally to Shurato, ezdagor said:

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

tried netrunner, icyterm and mtelnet with the same results.

Telnetting

from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

Using a BBS terminal won't solve anything, because the UI displays characters in "raw mode". Sorry I don't know much about Windows telnet clients. It works perfectly fine in Linux. I'd advice you to use a
Linux VM. Sorry.

No, I'm using a telnet client inside a windows bbs. It connects fine to
every other telnet and rlogin server I've had to connect to. How are windows users connecting to this? I can't run another VM, my system is already strapped for resources running a win10 vm.

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on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

No, I'm using a telnet client inside a windows bbs. It connects fine to every other telnet and rlogin server I've had to connect to. How are windows users connecting to this? I can't run another VM, my system is already strapped for resources running a win10 vm.

Give ZOC or Putty a try. Those seem to look legit.

-ignatius

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on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

No, I'm using a telnet client inside a windows bbs. It connects

fine to

every other telnet and rlogin server I've had to connect to. How are windows users connecting to this? I can't run another VM, my system

is

already strapped for resources running a win10 vm.

Give ZOC or Putty a try. Those seem to look legit.

Ok, but Windows bbses should be able to connect to this.

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On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

No, I'm using a telnet client inside a windows bbs. It connects

fine to

every other telnet and rlogin server I've had to connect to. How windows users connecting to this? I can't run another VM, my sys

is

already strapped for resources running a win10 vm.

Give ZOC or Putty a try. Those seem to look legit.

Ok, but Windows bbses should be able to connect to this.

They can, if the telnet terminal can handle something along the lines of a MUD-type interface, which is what I'm assuming this is more like. Regular telnet terminals wouldn't be able to cleanly, so his suggestion of using ZOC or Putty or even a MUD client should work well.

For Synchronet sysops, it has a mudgate.js module that handle this kind of thing in the BBS. I seem to recall someone wrote a Python script for Mystic that handles this as well, just can't remember who or what it's called.

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* In a message originally to Shurato, maskreet said:

On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

from the windows telnet client gave me the same

issue.

No, I'm using a telnet client inside a windows bbs. It

connects

fine to every other telnet and rlogin server I've had to connect

to.

How

windows users connecting to this? I can't run another VM,

my sys

is already strapped for resources running a win10 vm.

Give ZOC or Putty a try. Those seem to look legit.

Ok, but Windows bbses should be able to connect to this.

They can, if the telnet terminal can handle something along the lines of a MUD-type interface, which is what I'm assuming this is more like. Regular telnet terminals wouldn't be able to cleanly, so his suggestion of using
ZOC or Putty or even a MUD client should work well.

For Synchronet sysops, it has a mudgate.js module that handle this kind of thing in the BBS. I seem to recall someone wrote a Python script for
Mystic that handles this as well, just can't remember who or what it's called.

Any chance of a solution for generic and win32 capable DOS BBSes?

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Hello maskreet,

On Mon Dec 01 2025 01:09 pm UTC-5:00, you wrote:

On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

They can, if the telnet terminal can handle something along the lines of a MUD-type interface, which is what I'm assuming this is more like. Regular telnet terminals wouldn't be able to cleanly, so his suggestion of using ZOC or Putty or even a MUD client should work well.

It's actually a "Rogue Like" game. On the lines of Nethack, if you've ever played that.

I'm not sure if a MUD client will work. I will investigate.

-ignatius
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on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

tried netrunner, icyterm and mtelnet with the same results.

Telnetting

from the windows telnet client gave me the same issue.

Using a BBS terminal won't solve anything, because the UI displays characters in "raw mode". Sorry I don't know much about Windows telnet clients. It works perfectly fine in Linux. I'd advice you to use a
Linux VM. Sorry.

More like not sorry. This affects the majority of possible users.

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On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

* In a message originally to Shurato, maskreet said:

On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

Any chance of a solution for generic and win32 capable DOS BBSes?

Not as far as I know. I don't think you'd be able to offer it on the BBS unless you gated out to a Synchronet system probably hosted locally and setup for DoorParty-like RLogin and use telgate.js on it to get this to work.

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* In a message originally to Shurato, maskreet said:

On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

* In a message originally to Shurato, maskreet said:

On 01 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

Any chance of a solution for generic and win32 capable DOS BBSes?

Not as far as I know. I don't think you'd be able to offer it on the BBS unless you gated out to a Synchronet system probably hosted locally and setup for DoorParty-like RLogin and use telgate.js on it to get this to work.

Don't have the resources on my 32 bit win 10 vm for that.

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Hello ignatius,

On Mon Dec 01 2025 03:46 pm CST, you wrote:

On Mon Dec 01 2025 01:09 pm UTC-5:00, you wrote:
I'm not sure if a MUD client will work. I will investigate.

I tried a few MUD clients. "dirt" and "mcl" notably. I couldn't get them to work with igROGUE because, the game uses extensive use of the escape characters. As a side note, I was unable to use PUTTY or ZOC, because of WINE
not working with those programs.

I guess.. you could probably connect to my web site at http://catch22bbs.org and press the "igROGUE" button to play it. That way, the web browser (Firefox and Chromium tested) will be the "portal" to playing the game.

Thanks,
ignatius
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Hello Shurato,

On Mon Dec 01 2025 07:19 pm UTC, you wrote:

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

More like not sorry. This affects the majority of possible users.

Check this out:

https://github.com/rickparrish/TelnetDoor/tree/master

Let me know if it works for you.

Thanks,
ignatius
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Hello Shurato,

On Mon Dec 01 2025 07:19 pm UTC, you wrote:

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

More like not sorry. This affects the majority of possible users.

Check this out:

https://github.com/rickparrish/TelnetDoor/tree/master

Let me know if it works for you.

Of course that's what I'm already using. I could use -Z to pass a term type. Would that help, and what should I pass?

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Hello Shurato,

On Fri Dec 05 2025 06:40 pm UTC, you wrote:

on 30 Nov 2025, Shurato said...

More like not sorry. This affects the majority of possible users.

Check this out:

https://github.com/rickparrish/TelnetDoor/tree/master

Let me know if it works for you.

Of course that's what I'm already using. I could use -Z to pass a term type. Would that help, and what should I pass?

Try this:

TelnetDoor.exe -Z ansi-bbs -S catch22bbs.org -P 1337

It _should_ work.
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