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    From Charon@1:103/705 to All on Thu Oct 12 11:03:58 2023
    I noticed that my bbs is no longer supporting ANSI. All of the games, menus, etc are being affected locally and through software such as NetRunner. I am assuming it is something on my end as games and menus appear fine on other systems and through game hosts such as DoorParty, BBSLink, etc. I am not sure if I click on something odd in the Synchronet Config.

    Thanks in advance for any information.

    Charon
    riverstyx.ddns.net:2323

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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to Charon on Thu Oct 12 16:54:07 2023
    Re: Good morning my fellow SysOps!
    By: Charon to All on Thu Oct 12 2023 11:03:58

    I noticed that my bbs is no longer supporting ANSI. All of the games, menus, etc are being affected locally and through software such as NetRunner. I am assuming it is something on my end as games and menus appear fine on other systems and through game hosts such as DoorParty, BBSLink, etc. I am not sure if I click on something odd in the Synchronet Config.

    Working fine here.

    https://pasteboard.co/eA8cDeifDv4F.png

    https://pasteboard.co/OlIDtnLLOBDE.png

    https://pasteboard.co/pn3qSJIo00vN.png

    You might want to go into your Default Settings and go through the terminal configuration.
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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Charon on Thu Oct 12 16:52:43 2023
    Re: Good morning my fellow SysOps!
    By: Charon to All on Thu Oct 12 2023 11:03 am

    I noticed that my bbs is no longer supporting ANSI. All of the games, menus, etc are being affected locally and through software such as NetRunner. I am assuming it is something on my end as games and menus appear fine on other systems and through game hosts such as DoorParty, BBSLink, etc. I am not sure if I click on something odd in the Synchronet Config.

    Nelgin said it looks fine to him. Could you have changed a setting in your terminal software, either globally or for your BBS entry in its phonebook?

    Nightfox

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  • From The Lizard Master@1:103/705 to nelgin on Thu Oct 12 21:37:57 2023
    Re: Good morning my fellow SysOps!
    By: nelgin to Charon on Thu Oct 12 2023 04:54 pm

    So I've ported my entire board over to a new install. It's running latest Synch, Dosemu 1.4, and X00 just fine. I saw you sent me a message and it went to my old board in the middle of switching.

    I still couldn't get dosemu2 working with the later versions, I'm not sure if it's the upgrade or not. I didn't try installing an earlier version.

    I did somehow recreate the drop carrier issue with the new set up though. It was bizzare. I realized my timezone was incorrect for what I wanted to be. I set it and immediately the Casino door was showing the opening screen, then immediately exiting again. I slept on it and once the time caught back up it has been working ever since. It's very strange.

    My wife and I have all our games back and thanks for all your help! I'm still going tool around here and there with DOSEMU2. I don't really quite know what I could have been doing wrong having become an expert installing everything now. So maybe test any upgrades of dosemu2 or ubuntu before going live if you can.

    ---TLM

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  • From Charon@1:103/705 to nelgin on Thu Oct 19 09:30:56 2023
    Re: Good morning my fellow SysOps!
    By: nelgin to Charon on Thu Oct 12 2023 16:54:07

    Good morning!

    So, I did a little digging and started to compare settings between user accounts and noticed that the extended ASCII setting was unchecked for my account. Once enabled, I am back in business! Just weird that this setting got disabled as i was not having any issues prior. Owell, thanks for the verification Nelgin!

    Charon
    riverstyx.ddns.net:2323


    By: Charon to All on Thu Oct 12 2023 11:03:58

    I noticed that my bbs is no longer supporting ANSI. All of the games, menus, etc are being affected locally and through software such as NetRunner. I am assuming it is something on my end as games and menus appear fine on other systems and through game hosts such as DoorParty, BBSLink, etc. I am not sure if I click on something odd in the Synchronet Config.

    Working fine here.

    https://pasteboard.co/eA8cDeifDv4F.png

    https://pasteboard.co/OlIDtnLLOBDE.png

    https://pasteboard.co/pn3qSJIo00vN.png

    You might want to go into your Default Settings and go through the terminal configuration.

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  • From Charon@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Oct 19 09:33:29 2023
    Re: Good morning my fellow SysOps!
    By: Nightfox to Charon on Thu Oct 12 2023 16:52:43

    Nelgin said it looks fine to him. Could you have changed a setting in your terminal software, either globally or for your BBS entry in its phonebook?

    Nightfox

    Good morning NF!

    Yep, I found the issue and it was the extended ASCII that was disabled on my user account. Once I enabled it, viola back in business! I commpared user acocunts and noticed that setting was not checked.

    Thanks again for the info and troubleshooting steps!

    Charon
    riverstyx.ddns.net:2323

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