Subj : Re: SyncTERM on Ubuntu
To   : Foobrew
From : paulie420
Date : Sat Jul 31 2021 14:59:21

 Fo> Does anyone have any experience using SyncTERM on Ubuntu (20.04) to
 Fo> connect to C64 BBS's? I can make a connection but only the keys A-Z and
 Fo> 0-9 on my keyboard seem to do anything. Enter/Return, for example,
 Fo> simply doesn't work. I have the "screen" set to C64 but I've also tried
 Fo> 80x25 with the same effect. PC-based BBS's like Mystic and Synchronet
 Fo> work without issue.
 Fo> 
 Fo> Maybe SyncTERM isn't sending the keycodes the C64 BBS
 Fo> expects/understands when I press Return, etc.?
 Fo> 
 Fo> - Foobrew

Hmmm, I'll take a crack at responding as I use Kubuntu, SyncTERM and I dial C64 boardsusing both 40col and 80col settings. My keystrokes all work perfectly, and I wonder why yer having problems...

What board(s) are you dialing? I ask because I dial many... maybe its just an issue with ONE board you're trying?? 

Also, remember to use the right setting. I use C64 for my screen size to dial 40col C64 BBSes... I use C128(80col) mode to dial C64 BBSes that support 80cols, like Image 3.0... 

Here are a couple addresses and their settings that I dial into all the time using SyncTERM on Kubuntu:

wn4.duckdns.com:3000 C128(80col) mode The Wrong Number IV
rtg.dyndns.biz:6428 C64 mode Retrograde C=64 BBS
cib.dyndns.org:6400 C64 mode Commodore Image v1.2

Then, just to go deeper... I'm using SyncTERM v.1.1 from syncterm.bbsdev.net

:P Not trying to be facetious, just giving as much info as I can think of; you are setting the screen mode in each individual directory entry, yea? Pressing F2, scrolling down to screen mode and selecting the C= mode you want there??? Sure, I think it would work if you set the MAIN screen mode to some C= one and the directory entry is set to Current, but I like selecting per each BBS in their entries...

Hope something here helps. :P I call C= boards all the time... man, some of my favorites must only be in my ccgms term on my actual C= hardware... I also LOVE:

The Surf Shop



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