From: "Marc Lewis" <user@net396.fidonet.org>

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Hello All.

<On 23Mar2024 00:16 Joe's BBS wrote a message to All regarding Joe's BBS Trade Wars Ad >

From: NOSPAMigor@transilvania.org (Joe's BBS)

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Would be nice if anyone could read this. USENET can't deal with ANSI graphics very well. Just post in plain text or ASCII type art that some programs can create.

Best regards,
Marc
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From: MarcL <user@net396.fidonet.org>

On 30 Mar 2024 05:04, phigan wrote:

Would be nice if anyone could read this. USENET can't deal with ANSI graphics
very well. Just post in plain text or ASCII type art that some programs can >> create.

To be fair, 'slrn' displayed that extended ASCII fine. It's the ANSI
codes that don't get translated. In your case, that might be a character issue where your font/character set is missing those characters. Maybe
you're in UTF-8 only and that post was CP437? I'm in CP437 due to
accessing slrn through old terminals and a BBS.

It's posting to UseNet newsgroups where the problem comes in. People
not on a BBS with ANSI available, can't make heads or tails out of what
was posted. It's just ASCII gibberish on screen.

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Marc Lewis
SysOp Sursum Corda! BBS
1:396/45
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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From: NOSPAMigor@transilvania.org (Joe's BBS)

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Trade Wars 2002 Server with 6 Games



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From: ib.joe@joesbbs.com (Ib Joe)

Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marc Lewis <user@net396.fidonet.org>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads
Subject: Re: Joe's BBS Trade Wars Ad
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NOSPAMigor@transilvania.org (Joe's BBS) wrote in news:2649393691@usenet:

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JoesBBS.com Telnet:23 SSH:22
Trade Wars 2002 Server with 6 Games

Joe - newsgroups can't do ANSI - - they can only do ASCII and ASCII Art. This ad may look great on our BBS, but on the usenet newsgroups it is gibberish.

Joe will work on it...

Thanx
Joe

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