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Accurate ANSI Emulation in Mac OS X?

bedouin writes "I occasionally telnet to some BBSs that are very rich in ANSI graphics. While I can usually navigate fine through message areas and file boards, playing classic door games like Food Fight is almost unbearable. For about a year I've been searching for a Mac OS X terminal emulator that can accurately draw ANSI graphics just as they would appear on DOS systems with ansi.sys, but haven't found anything yet. Any suggestions? A native (and free or shareware) Mac OS X app would be prefered, but I'm willing to use an X11 or maybe even classic alternative as well. So far I've experimented with iTerm, GLterm, and aterm with unimpressive results."

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  1. Re:iTerm (International Terminal Emulator) for OS by netsharc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RC5? My God you have your priorities distorted. Read this why don't you? What a waste of CPU-cycles. If you're going to use them, why not do something like Protein Folding, where you can contribute to the cure of diseases?

    Sheesh...

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