• Ansi Uploads??

    From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to All on Sunday, July 28, 2019 12:08:39
    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to HusTler on Sunday, July 28, 2019 13:31:03
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 28 2019 12:08:39

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a
    piece of cake on other boards I use.

    is there something wrong with just pasting the code into the editor? that's all an ASCII upload is, anyway...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to HusTler on Sunday, July 28, 2019 11:02:57
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 28 2019 12:08 pm

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

    It might depend on the editor you're using. I have a feeling what you might need is some kind of online ANSI editor that can post messages.. I think most editors I've used on a BBS don't really handle ANSI.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to HustTler on Sunday, July 28, 2019 11:04:00
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 01:31 pm

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've
    recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp
    allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in
    Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

    is there something wrong with just pasting the code into the editor? that's all an ASCII upload is, anyway...

    That's true, you might just be able to copy & paste the ANSI.. though, if the editor does line wrapping (or even if it doesn't), it might not get saved correctly in order for it to be displayed correctly.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to HusTler on Sunday, July 28, 2019 14:53:52
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 28 2019 12:08 pm

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.



    you enter raw mode and do a text upload in your client
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Rampage on Sunday, July 28, 2019 15:10:52
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 01:31 pm

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp

    is there something wrong with just pasting the code into the editor? that's all an ASCII upload is, anyway...


    yeah that never works correctly.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sunday, July 28, 2019 15:14:41
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 11:02 am


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sunday, July 28, 2019 15:19:00
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 03:14 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 11:02 am


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    hm.. did we just find a bug with text uploading

    i tried blocksave and i tried animation mode and they dont come out too well ---
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  • From Phil Taylor@VERT/SBBS to MRO on Sunday, July 28, 2019 20:40:53
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 15:14:41

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sunday, July 28, 2019 15:26:23
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 03:14 pm

    Was there a reason you sent me an ANSI?

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Phil Taylor on Sunday, July 28, 2019 22:31:18
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Phil Taylor to MRO on Sun Jul 28 2019 08:40 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    Nice


    it should look like shit
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sunday, July 28, 2019 22:31:55
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Sun Jul 28 2019 03:26 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 03:14 pm

    Was there a reason you sent me an ANSI?

    Nightfox


    did i send you one or post it in the msg base
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  • From mark lewis@VERT to MRO on Monday, July 29, 2019 00:16:24
    On 2019 Jul 28 22:31:18, you wrote to Phil Taylor:

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    Nice

    it should look like shit

    it didn't... not even when quoted back...

    )\/(ark

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    them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 00:29:48
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 28 2019 12:08 pm

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet?

    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upoload an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting your message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).

    I've recently
    noticed none of the editors have that option.

    Some might. I don't now what editors you're referring to. When using "raw input mode", you avoid the use of an editor altogether.

    If the SysOp allows ANSI what
    is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

    Yeah, piece of cake on Synchronet too.

    digital man

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Rampage on Monday, July 29, 2019 00:30:14
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 01:31 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 28 2019 12:08:39

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a
    piece of cake on other boards I use.

    is there something wrong with just pasting the code into the editor? that's all an ASCII upload is, anyway...

    Most message editors don't take too kindly to pasting ANSI escape sequences.

    digital man

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Digital Man on Monday, July 29, 2019 09:11:49
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:29 am



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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANT to mark lewis on Monday, July 29, 2019 07:46:00
    mark lewis wrote to MRO <=-

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    Nice

    it should look like shit

    it didn't... not even when quoted back...

    Looked fine here too.



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  • From HusTler@VERT to Nightfox on Monday, July 29, 2019 10:35:13
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 11:02 am


    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

    It might depend on the editor you're using. I have a feeling what you might need is some kind of online ANSI editor that can post messages.. I think most editors I've used on a BBS don't really handle ANSI.

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens. For those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is very user friendly. Simply upload and post.
    --- Synchronet 3.17c-Linux NewsLink 1.110
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Monday, July 29, 2019 09:32:30
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 10:31 pm

    Was there a reason you sent me an ANSI?

    did i send you one or post it in the msg base

    You posted on DoveNet addressed to me.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Monday, July 29, 2019 09:40:03
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Rampage on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:30 am

    Most message editors don't take too kindly to pasting ANSI escape sequences.

    This thread gave me an idea though. I think it would be possible for a message editor to have an "upload" option, where someone could upload a file to be posted instead of typing in the message. I was thinking of adding that to SlyEdit, though offhand I don't remember if you can initiate a file upload via JavaScript..

    Nightfox

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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to Nightfox on Monday, July 29, 2019 12:51:16
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:40:03

    adding that to SlyEdit, though offhand I don't remember if you can initiate a file upload via JavaScript..

    I believe it's just bbs.receive_file().

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 12:56:08
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:35 am

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens. For those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is very user friendly. Simply upload and post. --- Synchronet 3.17c-Linux NewsLink 1.110

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by "don't handle". From what I remember, I thought Synchronet had an area where ANSI screens could be posted and viewed. Also, Digital Man has shared a way to upload ANSI screens to Synchronet.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 15:43:34
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:35 am

    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Sun Jul 28 2019 11:02 am


    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet? I've recently noticed none of the editors have that option. If the SysOp allows ANSI what is the proper way to upload an ANSI to BBS Ads in Dovenet. It's a piece of cake on other boards I use.

    It might depend on the editor you're using. I have a feeling what you might need is some kind of online ANSI editor that can post messages.. I think most editors I've used on a BBS don't really handle ANSI.

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens. For those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is very user friendly. Simply upload and post.

    The BBS "handles" (displays) "Ansi Screens" just fine. You just don't know what you're doing.

    digital man

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Digital Man on Monday, July 29, 2019 21:46:13
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 03:43 pm

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens.

    The BBS "handles" (displays) "Ansi Screens" just fine. You just don't know what you're doing.

    That may be but it's good to know I can get the job done on a Mystic BBS. I don't have the time to play around with "back doors" or reading 20 years of Docmentation for something that should be easy even for a novice SysOp.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:35:47
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:29 am

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet?

    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upoload an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting your message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).


    i've done it before but i just did it the other day with a few and they are getting mangled. there's nothing funny about them and they arent too wide.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:37:59
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:35 am

    might need is some kind of online ANSI editor that can post messages.. I think most editors I've used on a BBS don't really handle ANSI.

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens. For

    he's saying the editors. not the bbs.

    those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is very user friendly. Simply upload and post.


    it was like that with synchronet but i think there might be a bug.
    anyways, mystic is inferior to synchronet. it doesnt even have its own fossil. ---
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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 23:30:38
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 21:46:13

    That may be but it's good to know I can get the job done on a Mystic BBS. I don't have the time to play around with "back doors" or reading 20 years of Docmentation for something that should be easy even for a novice SysOp.

    I'm not sure what you think a "back door" is, but it's not the same as an undocumented or poorly
    documented feature.

    People have explained the raw input mode to you, and you didn't even need to read any docs to get your
    answer. Is raw input not working? Did you use that feature when posting your advertisement earlier in a
    reply to DM?

    This may seem like a crucial and obvious feature to you, but I can't remember the last time anyone
    brought it up, so it's clearly not a priority for everyone. Maybe request a feature instead of being
    indignant and incredulous that it doesn't already exist.

    Perhaps Nightfox will add an upload feature to his editor soon, and maybe it'll help you.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:40:54
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:32 am

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 10:31 pm

    Was there a reason you sent me an ANSI?

    did i send you one or post it in the msg base

    You posted on DoveNet addressed to me.



    i was testing a raw upload of an ansi file.
    it's not working correctly anymore and it's mangling the file.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:41:46
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:40 am

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Rampage on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:30 am

    Most message editors don't take too kindly to pasting ANSI escape sequences.

    This thread gave me an idea though. I think it would be possible for a message editor to have an "upload" option, where someone could upload a file to be posted instead of typing in the message. I was thinking of adding that to SlyEdit, though offhand I don't remember if you can initiate a file upload via JavaScript..


    i did that about 10 years ago with an addon i made for syncedit
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:42:49
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:56 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:35 am

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens. For those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is very user friendly. Simply upload and post. --- Synchronet 3.17c-Linux NewsLink 1.110

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by "don't handle". From what I remember, I thought Synchronet had an area where ANSI screens could be posted and viewed. Also, Digital Man has shared a way to upload ANSI screens to Synchronet.


    if you are a sysop you can also use smbutil.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to HusTler on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:45:13
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:46 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 03:43 pm

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens.

    The BBS "handles" (displays) "Ansi Screens" just fine. You just don't know what you're doing.

    That may be but it's good to know I can get the job done on a Mystic BBS. I don't have the time to play around with "back doors" or reading 20 years of Docmentation for something that should be easy even for a novice SysOp.



    why are you putting back doors in quotes? there are no back doors in synchronet.
    and whats wrong with the documentation? synchronet's docs are better than most bbs softwares.


    if you want to run something different than synchronet use net2bbs with netfoss and run an older dos bbs. mystic is a piece of shit
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Monday, July 29, 2019 21:19:32
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:35 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:29 am

    Is there a way to upload an ANSI to the editor in Synchronet?

    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upoload an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting your message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).


    i've done it before but i just did it the other day with a few and they are getting mangled. there's nothing funny about them and they arent too wide.

    Looks like an issue with word-wrap. Disabling word-wrap (Ctrl-Z) shows the ANSI content fine. It's an easy fix in the code.

    digital man

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Monday, July 29, 2019 21:31:24
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:40 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:32 am

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sun Jul 28 2019 10:31 pm

    Was there a reason you sent me an ANSI?

    did i send you one or post it in the msg base

    You posted on DoveNet addressed to me.



    i was testing a raw upload of an ansi file.
    it's not working correctly anymore and it's mangling the file.

    I tested it. It was actually the *display* of the message that was mangling it (with word-wrap), not the posting/saving of the message. Raw I/O mode avoided the issue, but I also changed the code to detect ANSI-encoded messages and not word-wrap the text.

    digital man

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Monday, July 29, 2019 19:55:00
    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upol
    ad an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting your
    message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).

    Does "the editor" = the default built-in editor and not one of the
    externals? Thanks!

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Monday, July 29, 2019 22:27:35
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Jul 29 2019 07:55 pm

    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upol
    ad an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting your
    message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).

    Does "the editor" = the default built-in editor and not one of the externals? Thanks!

    Raw i/o mode disables all the editors (including the built-in editor). I'm not sure which "the editor" the original poster was referring to, but I think it's a moot point now.

    digital man

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to MRO on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 09:16:47
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:37 pm

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens.
    those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is
    very user friendly. Simply upload and post.

    it was like that with synchronet but i think there might be a bug. anyways, mystic is inferior to synchronet. it doesnt even have its own fossil. ---

    I didn't say Mystic was better BBS software. I'm just saying Mystic handles posting BBS ads better and much easier. The option to upload to the editor is built in. Just upload the ansi to the editor and post it and your done. And the Ansi looks exactly like the one you created. The hidden ctrl-z option in Synchronet mangles my ansi. Synchronet has been in development for 20 years. It's dissapointing I can't post an Ansi screen with it. It is, after all an ansi bbs is it not? That's it and that' all. As DM said "You don't know what your doing" well that might be but I know I can post my Ansi's on Mystic BBS which is all I'm concered with right now.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to HusTler on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:08:20
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to MRO on Tue Jul 30 2019 09:16 am

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:37 pm

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens.
    those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is
    very user friendly. Simply upload and post.

    it was like that with synchronet but i think there might be a bug. anyways, mystic is inferior to synchronet. it doesnt even have its own fossil. ---

    I didn't say Mystic was better BBS software. I'm just saying Mystic handles posting BBS ads better and much easier. The option to upload to the editor is built in. Just upload the ansi to the editor and post it and your done. And the Ansi looks exactly like the one you created. The hidden ctrl-z option in Synchronet mangles my ansi.

    No. It was actually the *display* of your ANSI which was mangling it, but that was a relatively new bug and has been fixed. Thanks for the report!

    Ctrl-Z is displayed on the Control-Key menu (Ctrl-K), which is listed on the main menu. To make full use of the BBS, learning all the available options would help you.

    Synchronet has been in development for
    20 years. It's dissapointing I can't post an Ansi screen with it.

    Of course you can. And you did.

    It is,
    after all an ansi bbs is it not? That's it and that' all.

    Sending ANSI and receiving ANSI are different things. Most folks don't post raw ANSI messages these days, so it's not an oft-used feature. But it is there and it does work.

    As DM said "You
    don't know what your doing" well that might be but I know I can post my Ansi's on Mystic BBS which is all I'm concered with right now.

    My apologies. The mangled output of your ANSI was my fault and not yours. The "don't know what you're doing" comment was mainly in regards to your ZMODEM-msg-upload attempt which caused everyone's terminal to enter auto-ZMODEM-download mode when viewing your message. I'm sure that's a mistake you won't make twice. But in any case, I added protection to the internal message viewing code in Synchronet so it won't pass those sequences on the to the message-reading user. Again, not something most folks do, but still, good to be defensive and handle those situations gracefully.

    digital man

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 16:01:54
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:19 pm

    are getting mangled. there's nothing funny about them and they arent too wide.

    Looks like an issue with word-wrap. Disabling word-wrap (Ctrl-Z) shows the ANSI content fine. It's an easy fix in the code.


    well i have an old version of synchronet for linux. when did you add word wrap

    i dont have word wrap in my client or bbs.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 16:00:41
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:01 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Jul 29 2019 09:19 pm

    are getting mangled. there's nothing funny about them and they arent too wide.

    Looks like an issue with word-wrap. Disabling word-wrap (Ctrl-Z) shows the ANSI content fine. It's an easy fix in the code.


    well i have an old version of synchronet for linux. when did you add word wrap

    Looks like word-wrapping of message text in the Terminal server was added in November of 2011: http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/getmsg.cpp?revision=1.41&view=markup

    i dont have word wrap in my client or bbs.

    How do you know?


    digital man

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 16:54:00
    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upol
    ad an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting
    your
    message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).

    Does "the editor" = the default built-in editor and not one of the externals? Thanks!

    Raw i/o mode disables all the editors (including the built-in editor). I'm not
    ure which "the editor" the original poster was referring to, but I think it's moot point now.

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HUSTLER on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 17:04:00
    That may be but it's good to know I can get the job done on a Mystic BBS. I don't have the time to play around with "back doors" or reading 20 years of Docmentation for something that should be easy even for a novice SysOp.

    There are other things with Mystic that, IMHO, are a PITA compared to Synchronet. Also, with DM you will usually get an answer fairly quick and
    a fix, too, if one is necessary. Mystic goes through periods of basic abandonment.

    Being open source also means you can get in and have a poke-around
    yourself, if you want.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 16:48:42
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:54 pm

    There is "the editor", but anyway, you can use raw input mode to raw/ascii-upol
    ad an ANSI as a message. Hit Ctrl-Z to enter raw input mode before posting
    your
    message and Ctrl-Z to stop the upload (and exit raw input mode).

    Does "the editor" = the default built-in editor and not one of the externals? Thanks!

    Raw i/o mode disables all the editors (including the built-in editor). I'm not
    ure which "the editor" the original poster was referring to, but I think it's moot point now.

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

    Any prompt before posting (e.g. the main menu, before hitting 'P' to post). Ctrl-Z is a sticky toggle, so when you hit Ctrl-Z, you'll stay in raw I/O mode until you hit Ctrl-Z again to turn it off.

    digital man

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 16:59:41
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Dumas Walker to HUSTLER on Tue Jul 30 2019 05:04 pm

    There are other things with Mystic that, IMHO, are a PITA compared to Synchronet. Also, with DM you will usually get an answer fairly quick and a fix, too, if one is necessary. Mystic goes through periods of basic abandonment.

    I'm grateful for DM's continued maintenance and support for Synchronet. Lately, sometimes I feel like I don't always have a lot of time to even work on my BBS mods.

    Being open source also means you can get in and have a poke-around yourself, if you want.

    You could modify the source for your own needs, but then you'd need to re-apply your mod when you upgrade to a new official version.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 22:50:24
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:00 pm

    well i have an old version of synchronet for linux. when did you add word wrap

    Looks like word-wrapping of message text in the Terminal server was added in November of 2011: http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/getms g.cpp?revision=1.41&view=markup

    i dont have word wrap in my client or bbs.

    How do you know?


    because the command key you told me to use didnt work.
    so if i make my ansi 50 cols across will it display correctly?
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 22:51:00
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:54 pm

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

    you have to play around with it. like when you enter the name or subject i think.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 22:53:27
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Dumas Walker to HUSTLER on Tue Jul 30 2019 05:04 pm

    That may be but it's good to know I can get the job done on a Mystic BBS. I don't have the time to play around with "back doors" or reading 20 years of Docmentation for something that should be easy even for a novice SysOp.

    There are other things with Mystic that, IMHO, are a PITA compared to Synchronet. Also, with DM you will usually get an answer fairly quick and
    a fix, too, if one is necessary. Mystic goes through periods of basic abandonment.

    i ran telegard, renegade and iniquity. if someone like me doesnt prefer mystic, you know there's something wrong with it. mystic is a poor replacement for any of those sofware packages.

    Being open source also means you can get in and have a poke-around
    yourself, if you want.

    that's another weird thing about mystic. they were open source and then they werent. the author has a strange mindset on development and support.
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANT to Digital Man on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 22:06:17
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:48 pm

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

    Any prompt before posting (e.g. the main menu, before hitting 'P' to post). Ctrl-Z is a sticky toggle, so when you hit Ctrl-Z, you'll stay in raw I/O mode until you hit Ctrl-Z again to turn it off.

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT to HUSTLER on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 10:48:00
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 12:29 am

    <ANSI CODE SNIPPED>

    I was able to use the A)nimate command in OLX to show the ANSI color,
    but part of it still looked garbled and out of place.

    Daryl

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 23:58:14
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Jul 30 2019 10:50 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:00 pm

    well i have an old version of synchronet for linux. when did you add word wrap

    Looks like word-wrapping of message text in the Terminal server was added in November of 2011: http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/getms g.cpp?revision=1.41&view=markup

    i dont have word wrap in my client or bbs.

    How do you know?


    because the command key you told me to use didnt work.

    Didn't work for what? The disabling of word-wrap when in raw I/O mode was added in 2011, not long after the word-wrapping of message text was added: http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/getmsg.cpp?revision=1.43&view=markup

    so if i make my ansi 50 cols across will it display correctly?

    It depends on how many characters are included in the ANSI escape sequences, but likely, not.

    digital man

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Gamgee on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 00:09:11
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Tue Jul 30 2019 10:06 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:48 pm

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

    Any prompt before posting (e.g. the main menu, before hitting 'P' to post). Ctrl-Z is a sticky toggle, so when you hit Ctrl-Z, you'll stay in raw I/O mode until you hit Ctrl-Z again to turn it off.

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    It depends on your terminal program. For SyncTERM, for example, you hit Alt-U (for upload) then select "Raw" or "ASCII" and it'll let you choose the file. If the file doesn't already end with a Ctrl-Z, then you'll need to type a Ctrl-Z to tell the BBS that you're done sending the file.

    digital man

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  • From Tony Langdon@VERT to Digital Man on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 19:13:00
    On 07-30-19 12:08, Digital Man wrote to HusTler <=-

    My apologies. The mangled output of your ANSI was my fault and not
    yours. The "don't know what you're doing" comment was mainly in regards
    to your ZMODEM-msg-upload attempt which caused everyone's terminal to enter auto-ZMODEM-download mode when viewing your message. I'm sure

    Haha, I missed all that "fun", it had no impact for offline mail. ;)

    that's a mistake you won't make twice. But in any case, I added
    protection to the internal message viewing code in Synchronet so it
    won't pass those sequences on the to the message-reading user. Again,
    not something most folks do, but still, good to be defensive and handle those situations gracefully.

    Yeah, you really have to idiot proof the system, don't you? ;) Brings back memories of writing software at uni and all the weird corner cases you had to check for. ;)


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  • From Tony Langdon@VERT to Nightfox on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 19:20:00
    On 07-30-19 16:59, Nightfox wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    You could modify the source for your own needs, but then you'd need to re-apply your mod when you upgrade to a new official version.

    Or convince DM to include your mods in future releases. :)


    ... Feel lucky???? Update your software!
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  • From Tony Langdon@VERT to Gamgee on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 19:23:00
    On 07-30-19 22:06, Gamgee wrote to Digital Man <=-

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Dumas Walker on Tue Jul 30 2019 04:48 pm

    So what prompt do you need to be at when you hit CTRL-Z? Thanks!

    Any prompt before posting (e.g. the main menu, before hitting 'P' to post). Ctrl-Z is a sticky toggle, so when you hit Ctrl-Z, you'll stay in raw I/O mode until you hit Ctrl-Z again to turn it off.

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    Some terminals have an "ASCII upload" or "upload text file" feature, which should do the trick.


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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Gamgee on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 08:22:01
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Tue Jul 30 2019 10:06 pm

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    If you're using Syncterm hit Alt-U and then select the ansi. If you use another term find out what keys it uses to upload.

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  • From Rampage@VERT/SESTAR to Tony Langdon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 08:28:18
    Re: Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Tony Langdon to Gamgee on Wed Jul 31 2019 19:23:00

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message
    subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    Some terminals have an "ASCII upload" or "upload text file" feature, which should do the trick.

    or maybe just use the normal OS copy'n'pasta functions if one's terminal doesn't actively thwart them like some terminals do by intercepting them and forcing their own menu or hotkey method...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Dan Clough@VERT to HusTler on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 07:49:00
    HusTler wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    If you're using Syncterm hit Alt-U and then select the ansi. If
    you use another term find out what keys it uses to upload.

    Cool, I see it now, thanks.


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANT to Digital Man on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 07:25:00
    Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    It depends on your terminal program. For SyncTERM, for example,
    you hit Alt-U (for upload) then select "Raw" or "ASCII" and it'll
    let you choose the file. If the file doesn't already end with a
    Ctrl-Z, then you'll need to type a Ctrl-Z to tell the BBS that
    you're done sending the file.

    Perfect, thanks. Sometimes the obvious things right in front of
    us are hard to see... :-)



    ... Press any key to continue or any other key to quit
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANT to Tony Langdon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 07:26:00
    Tony Langdon wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I wasn't familiar with this mode either... I tried experimenting on a local message base, but don't know how to "upload" the text. I did the Ctrl-Z and it said raw mode was toggled ON, and then after the message subject it's sitting there waiting for me to do something... How do you paste/upload the message text you want to input? Thanks.

    Some terminals have an "ASCII upload" or "upload text file"
    feature, which should do the trick.

    Thanks, got it.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Tony Langdon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 08:58:55
    Re: Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Tony Langdon to Digital Man on Wed Jul 31 2019 07:13 pm

    Yeah, you really have to idiot proof the system, don't you? ;) Brings back memories of writing software at uni and all the weird corner cases you had to check for. ;)

    My team at work has brought in a team of security experts a couple times to check for security issues in our code. They were always able to find something..

    Nightfox

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 18:17:00
    Any prompt before posting (e.g. the main menu, before hitting 'P' to post). Ctr
    -Z is a sticky toggle, so when you hit Ctrl-Z, you'll stay in raw I/O mode unti
    you hit Ctrl-Z again to turn it off.

    Ah ha! Thanks!

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to HUSTLER on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 18:41:00
    ansi bbs is it not? That's it and that' all. As DM said "You don't know what your doing" well that might be but I know I can post my Ansi's on Mystic BBS which is all I'm concered with right now.

    I post mine via QWK mail posts and I think they turn out ok.

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  • From Tony Langdon@VERT to Nightfox on Thursday, August 01, 2019 18:13:00
    On 07-31-19 08:58, Nightfox wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    Re: Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Tony Langdon to Digital Man on Wed Jul 31 2019 07:13 pm

    Yeah, you really have to idiot proof the system, don't you? ;) Brings back memories of writing software at uni and all the weird corner cases you had to check for. ;)

    My team at work has brought in a team of security experts a couple
    times to check for security issues in our code. They were always able
    to find something..

    I've been known to find obscure bugs, because I tend to think out of the box and try things that the developer never intended - usually more often creative and finctional, rather than malicious, but it's just they never imagined their code being used in that way. :)


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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Rampage on Thursday, August 01, 2019 18:16:00
    On 07-31-19 08:28, Rampage wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    or maybe just use the normal OS copy'n'pasta functions if one's
    terminal doesn't actively thwart them like some terminals do by intercepting them and forcing their own menu or hotkey method...


    Sometimes copy and paste may not work as intended, but yeah it is worth a try. Of course, after the ASCII upload, you probably still have to manually save the message. It will then pay to know your editor! :)


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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZZONE to Digital Man on Thursday, August 01, 2019 13:45:25
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Tue Jul 30 2019 12:08 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: HusTler to MRO on Tue Jul 30 2019 09:16 am

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: MRO to HusTler on Mon Jul 29 2019 10:37 pm

    I think that is very strange an ANSI-BBS "don't handle" Ansi Screens.
    those interested Mystic does an exellent job of posting Ansi and is
    very user friendly. Simply upload and post.

    it was like that with synchronet but i think there might be a bug. anyways, mystic is inferior to synchronet. it doesnt even have its o fossil. ---

    I didn't say Mystic was better BBS software. I'm just saying Mystic handles posting BBS ads better and much easier. The option to upload to t editor is built in. Just upload the ansi to the editor and post it and yo done. And the Ansi looks exactly like the one you created. The hidden ctr option in Synchronet mangles my ansi.

    No. It was actually the *display* of your ANSI which was mangling it, but th

    Ctrl-Z is displayed on the Control-Key menu (Ctrl-K), which is listed on the

    Synchronet has been in development for
    20 years. It's dissapointing I can't post an Ansi screen with it.

    Of course you can. And you did.

    It is,
    after all an ansi bbs is it not? That's it and that' all.

    Sending ANSI and receiving ANSI are different things. Most folks don't post

    As DM said "You
    don't know what your doing" well that might be but I know I can post my Ansi's on Mystic BBS which is all I'm concered with right now.

    My apologies. The mangled output of your ANSI was my fault and not yours. Th "don't know what you're doing" comment was mainly in regards to your ZMODEM- I added protection to the internal message viewing code in Synchronet so it

    digital man

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #68:
    SSL = Secure Sockets Layer (precursor to TLS)
    Norco, CA WX: 84.5јF, 52.0% humidity, 0 mph S wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs


    Maybe... but synchronet was posting ansi before Mystic was even born. So I trust it.

    I like Mystic, but there are plenty of flaws with it.

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.


    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo

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    ў Synchronet ў +-=[ The Zombie Zone BBS * hcow.dynu.net:61912 ]=-+
  • From Digital Man@VERT to Zombie Mambo on Thursday, August 01, 2019 18:40:21
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Zombie Mambo to Digital Man on Thu Aug 01 2019 01:45 pm

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    :-(

    digital man

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #51:
    Rob Swindell was introduced to BBSing in 1982 by his older brother, Dr. Seuss. Norco, CA WX: 85.8јF, 41.0% humidity, 15 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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  • From The Millionaire@VERT to Digital Man on Thursday, August 01, 2019 20:01:34
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Zombie Mambo on Thu Aug 01 2019 06:40 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Zombie Mambo to Digital Man on Thu Aug 01 2019 01:45 pm

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    :-(

    digital man

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #51:
    Rob Swindell was introduced to BBSing in 1982 by his older brother, Dr. Seuss. Norco, CA WX: 85.8јF, 41.0% humidity, 15 mph E wind, 0.00
    inches rain/24hrs

    wooo...

    $ The Millionaire $

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    ў Synchronet ў Vertrauen ў Home of Synchronet ў [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
  • From Daryl Stout@VERT to ZOMBIE MAMBO on Friday, August 02, 2019 21:41:00
    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    DM may not always be right, but he's never wrong. <G>

    Daryl

    ===
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  • From The Millionaire@VERT to Daryl Stout on Saturday, August 03, 2019 09:12:26
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Daryl Stout to ZOMBIE MAMBO on Fri Aug 02 2019 09:41 pm

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    DM may not always be right, but he's never wrong. <G>

    Daryl

    ===
    ў OLX 1.53 ў What are turkeys thankful for?? Vegeterians.

    sometimes he does admit he's wrong but not often though that is.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT to THE MILLIONAIRE on Sunday, August 04, 2019 11:53:00
    Even if he's wrong.

    DM may not always be right, but he's never wrong. <G>

    sometimes he does admit he's wrong but not often though that is.

    ALL of us are wrong at something at one time or another. The ones who
    have integrity, admit such. The prideful ones don't.

    Daryl

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  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZZONE to Digital Man on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 17:06:47
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Digital Man to Zombie Mambo on Thu Aug 01 2019 06:40 pm

    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Zombie Mambo to Digital Man on Thu Aug 01 2019 01:45 pm

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    :-(

    digital man

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #51:
    Rob Swindell was introduced to BBSing in 1982 by his older brother, Dr. Seus Norco, CA WX: 85.8јF, 41.0% humidity, 15 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs


    Whooooa that came out wrong. I don't mean you're wrong.
    I seriously just meant, if you were to say something wrong, I wouldn't even know.... I would just accept it as law cuz you're never wrong.

    Sorry it came out wrong!



    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo

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    ў Synchronet ў +-=[ The Zombie Zone BBS * hcow.dynu.net:61912 ]=-+
  • From Zombie Mambo@VERT/ZZONE to Daryl Stout on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 17:08:15
    Re: Ansi Uploads??
    By: Daryl Stout to ZOMBIE MAMBO on Fri Aug 02 2019 09:41 pm

    I just learned that basically whatever DM says is law.

    Even if he's wrong.

    DM may not always be right, but he's never wrong. <G>

    Daryl

    ===
    ў OLX 1.53 ў What are turkeys thankful for?? Vegeterians.

    xctly



    Thanks,
    Zombie Mambo

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