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Hey Alexander!

 AG> it feels kind of lame that BBS systems still use codepages.

They need cp437 for ansi art.  They shouldn't for ascii art but then again
they don't know any better that cp437 characters from 0x80-0xff aren't really
ascii and never were.  This is what really made cp437 the codepage to avoid.

 AG> it displays all the line drawing and pseudo graphic characters
 AG> (imo) better than almost all the retro fonts ever did..

Agreed.  For ansi art I take it a step further and restrict the output to a
80x24 terminal so that lines without terminators get properly wrapped.  I used
to use 'setterm' but now that I have tmux with the proper screen dimensions
which allows me to use the rest of the real estate for other things.  On a 4K
monitor it makes a HUGE difference.  I highly recommend tmux for a client
based BBS surfing solution with a bad-ass attitude.

 AG> IRC was going to be UTF-8 and if you couldn't read what was
 AG> written too bad.

We can do better.

Life is good,
Maurice

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