Just set it up on my main BBS at bcw142.zapto.org (default port 23) on the
Pi. Basic setup is:
mystic -cfg
Editors, T Theme/Prompt Editor, move down one and hit /, I Insert,
ENTER (New New appears), ENTER, File Name ascii, Description ASCII,
Text Path /mystic/text_ascii (create yes), Menu Path /mystic/menus_ascii (create yes), /mystic/scripts_ascii (Create yes), leave Fallback & ASCII, Allow ANSI No, the rest as defaults. ESC to exit that, ESC again then
move to Configuration. Select L Login/Matrix Settings, likely leave
Codepage (top 2) setup, but Ask CodePage Ask, Ask Theme Yes, Ask Emilation Ask. Then ESC twice to exit. Back at command line in /mystic if you have
the normal scructure do 'unzip -e XQ-ASCII_THEME.ZIP' ENTER. It will add
the theme.
If you startup nodespy answer 0 Ascii (no Color), then ENTER for Default Codepage of CP437, then 2 ..... ASCII, ENTER, Username and so on to get in.

Of course use \ for Windows as in \mystic\text_ascii amd so on.

...ASCII is that how a BBS sneezes?

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