Subj : charset question for Immortal Barons
To   : All
From : Andy Alt
Date : Wed Jul 08 2026 20:45:57

I saw there was a lively AI/vibe-coding discussion on Dove-Net. :) I'm 
vibe-coding a clone of Barren Realms Elite, and hit a snag, and looking for 
human feedback regarding this charset issue:

https://github.com/andy5995/immortal-barons/issues/18

Excerpt:
>A sysop who tested the Win32 snapshot door on a BBS reported that the
>"output appears to be UTF-8 instead of CP-437." On a CP437 terminal, that
>means the box-drawing and block characters render as garbage (mojibake).

>The observation is correct. Immortal Barons emits UTF-8 on the wire, and there
>is no output-side character-set layer.

I've been testing locally in my terminal (on Manjaro Linux in XFCE terminal),  
and set up a Mystic BBS locally, telnetted in and opened it as a door, with no 
trouble.                             

I'd appreciate it if anyone could provide me with definitive feedback about the

design.

-- 
-Andy
Website: https://andy5995.github.io


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