blakespot Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I have gotten heavy into telnet BBSs and became rather impressed by the ST terminal program, TAZ, that allows 16 color ANSI emulation at medium res (2-bit color, of course) by way of color interlacing. Kind of like Megaroids and Quantum Paint, in approach. Anyway, I wrote about it a little and have a video showing the effect. For those interested. http://www.bytecellar.com/2017/06/18/four-colors-into-sixteen-terminal-innovation-on-the-atari-st/ bp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 AnsiTerm works fairly well too. That's what I used back in the day (still use it to call my BBS). The flickers sometimes give me headaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Great blog post... Though I have to say I'm a little disappointed that a blog post about calling BBS's in ANSI on the ST didn't feature a screenshot of at least one of the ST BBS's (both have some decent ANSI going on). But still, enjoyable reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just got a chance to read this. Interesting STuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Ah! I see what you did there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 BTW, I agree, would liked to have seen some screenshots when the OP was logged in to a BBS. I can't remember, what did you tell me you used to make your ANSI screens? I use an ST program called Fansi that works pretty good. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I used Fansi too. In fact Im almost positive I registered it but I cant seem to find it Might have been on the drive that crashed 20 some years ago. More recently I've been using Pablodraw since I dont want to take the BBS down for screen work and it doesn't seem to want to run on the TT. Hopefully I can get the furniture rearranged and then I can get another st set up.... but thats a big undertaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I have gotten heavy into telnet BBSs and became rather impressed by the ST terminal program, TAZ, that allows 16 color ANSI emulation at medium res (2-bit color, of course) by way of color interlacing. Kind of like Megaroids and Quantum Paint, in approach. Anyway, I wrote about it a little and have a video showing the effect. Why did I not heard about this program years ago in my BBS'ing days?? I tried ANSITerm but felt it was too slow (graphically) compared to using ANSI/VT-100 emulation. So stuck with STalker and put up with just 4 colors, but at least I changed them to have a neon look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Why didn't we hear from more people back then when we wrote it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWoo Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Where does one get STalker? I'm struggling to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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