Subj : Linemode
To   : Apam
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon May 03 2021 20:45:24

  Re: Linemode
  By: Apam to digitalman on Mon May 03 2021 08:30 pm

 > Hi There
 >
 > I'm playing around on riscos writing a little bbs as a diversion :) anyway,
 > i'm using linemode rather than character at a time.
 >
 > I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if syncterm doesn't support
 > line mode.
 >
 > I'm sending:
 >
 > 255, 253, 1
 > 255, 253, 3
 > 255, 251, 34
 >
 > (IAC WONT ECHo, IAC WONT SGA and IAC WILL LINEMODE)
 >
 > It's working in the linux telnet client, and also nettle (the riscos telnet
 > client) however syncterm appears to be doing line mode, it's just not
 > echoing characters.
 >
 > I know linemode is not normally used in bbses, and it's def not supported in
 > magiterm, so i thought i'd try syncterm with it being the most feature full
 > :)

SyncTERM doesn't support echo (it won't echo) or line mode. Its should be NAKing your commands. Are you watching for Telnet responses from the client?
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