Nathan wrote: > 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) How have you set up Terminal.app to connect to X11? I would like to learn. > 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 > > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/
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