Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!sage.cc.purdue.edu!ericm From: ericm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: ProTERM special test screen Message-ID: <4270@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 22 Jan 91 22:54:09 GMT References: <1991Jan22.054212.27214@clark.edu> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 19 In article <1991Jan22.054212.27214@clark.edu> noahm@pro-freedom.cts.com (Noah Magram) writes: >P.S. You must have ProTERM special emulation for this. >Z\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\TEST\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\^ >@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@A@ >VW[This is a ProTERM special emulation test file[WVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWV >WVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVWVW >VWControl charcters can NOT be put into messages, but they CAN be VWV As you can see, this isn't graphics anymore! Most sites are not proline sites and with news software the way it is, those graphic/control chars get wiped out or converted to a different characters. Even if I used proterm, your message would come out a mess here. If people start doing this kind of thing, my KILL file is gonna grow. -- ____ Y_,_|[]| Eric Mulholland {|_|_|__| ericm@sage.cc.purdue.edu //oo--OO ...!pur-ee!sage.cc!ericm