After much googling, I found a way to get the special ansi characters working properly on OS X, so that the text graphics are mostly showing up correctly.
(If anyone else finds a simpler method than this, please let me know) 0. Install X11 from your installation DVD if you haven't already 1. Download an ANSI font (I chose sabvga.pcf) from here: http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/ansifont.html 2. Place sabvga.pcf (or the other font you chose) in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc ( sudo mv sabvga.pcf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc ) 3. "cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" and run "sudo mkfontdir" 4. Fire up X11 in your Utilities folder (You'll have to restart it if it was already running) 5. Open an Xterm (or Terminal.app if you've already set it up to connect to X11 properly like I have) and run: xterm -fn sabvga -bg black -fg green (substitute the font you chose if needed) This launches the terminal with the ansi font and sets the background color to black like the bbs expects, and sets the foreground color to green. 6. Telnet in and enjoy! ~ Nathan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
