Subj : Re: Our community
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Jegor
Date : Thu Feb 26 2026 07:20 pm

Hello poindexter!

26 Feb 26 07:39, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Jegor:

 Je>> ConnectBot for Android has been around for many years. But have you
 Je>> ever tried fitting an 80x25 terminal window on a 6-inch screen?
 pF> I ran Multimail in DOSBOX on an Android phone. Turned landscape mode
 pF> with an external keyboard it worked pretty well.
 pF> https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/androidqwk.JPG

Nice, but it's not always convenient to use an external keyboard on the go. And with the on-screen keyboard you'll get tired of constantly switching it back and forth, since in landscape mode it covers almost all of the content.

When ssh-ing to my node in ConnectBot, I have to shrink the terminal window to 50-60 cols so the font isn't too small in portrait mode: https://temp.jegor.net/ftn_ssh.jpg

But I doubt it's possible to visit BBSes online in the same way, with an arbitrary terminal window size.

Regards,
Jegor

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