I had an old pc in the past that i used to connect to BBS servers in the past but that pc is starting to get old and pretty heavy at this point compared to the new notebooks so i have a new pc but i dont have any software that can do telnet (well i do have one that is this right now but PuTTY isn't the best). Does anyone know a good program that can do Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much appreciated if someone could help me in finding a new program!

PS: I was using an old version of HyperTerminal in the past, that i don't remember how i got`

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On 4/25/2022 10:31 AM, Tnt wrote to All:

I had an old pc in the past that i used to connect to BBS servers in the past
but that pc is starting to get old and pretty heavy at this point compared to
the new notebooks so i have a new pc but i dont have any software that can do
telnet (well i do have one that is this right now but PuTTY isn't the best). Does anyone know a good program that can do Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much appreciated if someone could help me in finding
a new program!

PS: I was using an old version of HyperTerminal in the past, that i don't remember how i got`

I use SyncTerm. Works great! You don't have to necessarily add all of the sites from it's
database. As far as I know, you can use it for just the sites you want to connect to.

https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/

Mike Dippel

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Does anyone know a good program that can do
Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much appreciated if someone could help me in finding a new program!

I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS website:

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html

It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

McDoob
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McDoob wrote to TNT <=-

I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS
website:
http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html
It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

Another one that's really nice is Magiterm. www.happylandbbs.com
Designed by the author of Magicka / Talisman BBS and for BBSing.

Shawn

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TNT wrote to All <=-

I had an old pc in the past that i used to connect to BBS servers in
the past but that pc is starting to get old and pretty heavy at this
point compared to the new notebooks so i have a new pc but i dont have
any software that can do telnet (well i do have one that is this right
now but PuTTY isn't the best). Does anyone know a good program that can
do Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much appreciated if someone could help me in finding a new program!

I use Syncterm and Magiterm, both with linux. Syncterm also has a Windows version. I *think* Magiterm might also.


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I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS
website:

Completely agree! Also it will scale nicely. I have it on a 4K screen and still looks good!

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I would recommend eitgher Netrunner or SyncTerm. Both are really good and are cross platform.
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El 25/4/22 a las 11:52, McDoob escribió:

TN> Does anyone know a good program that can do
TN> Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much
TN> appreciated if someone could help me in finding a new program!

I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS website:

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html

It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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note: netrunner do not support correctly spanish keyboards
I use Syncterm / MagiTerm
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On 15 Aug 2022, Ragnarok said the following...

note: netrunner do not support correctly spanish keyboards
I use Syncterm / MagiTerm

that's a shame.. should report that over in the fidonet mysticbbs echo

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I use Syncterm personally but it's all about what you are comfortable with.

Ragnarok wrote to McDoob <=-

El 25/4/22 a las 11:52, McDoob escribió:

TN> Does anyone know a good program that can do
TN> Telnet and also have support for downloads it would be very much
TN> appreciated if someone could help me in finding a new program!

I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS website:

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html

It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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note: netrunner do not support correctly spanish keyboards
I use Syncterm / MagiTerm
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I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS
website:

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html

It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

Yes Netrunner is a good client but i cant use it on macOS. Are there any other alternatives that i could use that are similar in
function and use?

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Yes Netrunner is a good client but i cant use it on macOS. Are there any other alternatives that i could use that are similar in
function and use?

I use it on Mac. I use it under Crossover. It's not 100% but works pretty well.

I think the upscaling of CP437 is what sets it apart from SyncTerm. Unless you can do this with SyncTerm too?

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On 25 Nov 2022, TNT said the following...

I highly recommend Netrunner, which can be found on the MysticBBS website:

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html

It looks great, and was specifically designed with BBSing in mind.

Yes Netrunner is a good client but i cant use it on macOS. Are there any other alternatives that i could use that are similar in
function and use?

I posted a good while ago hoping we could get a flatpack version of this. Then it would just work on everything. g00r00 would have to do it and as hard as he works on Mystic I doubt we can push for more effort as the BBS world relies on him quite a bit. Maybe one day.

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I use it on Mac. I use it under Crossover. It's not 100% but works
pretty well.

I think the upscaling of CP437 is what sets it apart from SyncTerm.
Unless you can do this with SyncTerm too?

Crossover is a pretty good emulator thing for running windows programs on mac but its not free so idk if i can use it. I'm on a pretty tight budget right now so i might not be able to afford it is there maybe a waz to run it under wine or something similar?

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I throw in icy term in the list:

https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools/releases/tag/IcyTerm0.7.6

I released 0.7.6 last week. So it's still in active development.

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On 15 May 2024, Omnibrain said the following...

I released 0.7.6 last week. So it's still in active development.

Hi Omni,

I just tried using 0.7.6 on my MacBook.

When trying to connect in to Mystic with SSH I got:
"No common key algorithm"

So have reverted back to 0.7.5 for now.


Jay

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On Wednesday, May 15th Warpslide muttered...

I just tried using 0.7.6 on my MacBook.

When trying to connect in to Mystic with SSH I got: "No common key algorithm"

I replaced all communication libraries with async ones the SSH library works but doesn't support a wide range of ciphers - the very new ones should be covered but I'm aware that it fails for some BBSes.

I recommend staying on 0.7.5 unless you're running in bugs. However telnet works - the telnet part is implemented by me :). Secure WebSockets should work as well as far as I can tell. SSH will vary :/.
But I'll look at the ssh libs which are available.
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-=[ On 05-15-24 07:35, Warpslide wrote to Omnibrain below: ]=-
-=[ Re: Re: A good BBS client ]=-

Hi Warpslide!

On 15 May 2024, Omnibrain said the following...

I released 0.7.6 last week. So it's still in active development.

Hi Omni,
I just tried using 0.7.6 on my MacBook.
When trying to connect in to Mystic with SSH I got:
"No common key algorithm"
So have reverted back to 0.7.5 for now.

If that doesn't work out for you, I use a program called ZOC terminal from http://www.emtec.com, its a commercial program and haven't really looked at anything else.

Cheers,
Bryan
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