RGTERM: A BBS Terminal for Windows
Connections Telnet, with full option negotiation (binary mode, terminal type, window size, echo, suppress-go-ahead) SSH: password, private key file (with passphrase) or both; supports user:pass@host in the Host field; credentials are never shown or logged TelnetS (Telnet over TLS), with trust-on-first-use certificate handling RLogin, with separate client and server user names Raw TCP socket Shell: run a local program (cmd.exe, WSL, bash) inside the terminal window Trust-on-first-use checking for SSH host keys and TLS certificates Alt+Q quick dial: type host[:port] without saving an entry Simulated modem speed, with a full fake dialing sequence "Connection lost - Redial?" prompt when a connection drops unexpectedly Session summary when you disconnect: time online, bytes in and out, files sent and received Window and taskbar title shows the board name and time online Works with BBSes whose SSH login leads into a telnet-based session (0xFF bytes are handled correctly in uploads and typing) Warns when a Raw entry is actually connected to a telnet server
Display / Terminal Types ANSI-BBS (CP437 + ANSI), the default Amiga (Topaz) preset Plain ASCII (no color) PETSCII: C64, CBM, 40-column and 80-column (C128 VDC) modes ATASCII (Atari 8-bit, 40x24) Atari ST (VT52 / GEM console) Atari ST IGS graphics: drawing, animation, clickable areas, 40-column low-res, GIST sound effects through YM2149 sound-chip emulation RIPscrip vector graphics, with clickable buttons SkyPix (Amiga C-Net/AmiExpress graphics) Viewdata / Prestel (40x24) BBC Micro Mode 7 teletext (40x25) Avatar ICE colors (blink shown as bright background) UTF-8 decoding, per entry or toggled with Alt+8 Screen sizes from 80x25 up to 132 columns, plus many more presets Doors can resize the screen mid-call (ESC[8;rows;cols t); switches to an 8x8 font automatically for 40+ rows Doors can select fonts themselves (ESC[0;n D) Mouse reporting for doors (X10, 1000, 1002, 1003, SGR 1006), with Ctrl and Alt passed through and Shift to override
Graphics & Images Sixel images iTerm2 inline images (OSC 1337: PNG, JPEG, GIF) SyncTERM JPEG XL and PPM photo-gallery images (JXL needs libjxl)
Sound & Music ANSI music (BASIC PLAY style) SyncTERM APC audio (16-channel sound effects for door games) Click a URL in the terminal to play an MP3 audio stream; Ctrl+click opens it in your browser Alt+M mutes all music and sound
Fonts & Window Bitmap fonts from the fonts\ folder; set per entry, F12 cycles them live Real 16x32 upscaled fonts (NetRunner style), or doubled 8x16 pixels (Shift+F12) Smoothed scaling Screen Scale 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x or Full Screen; changes apply instantly and are remembered Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right change the size live Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen Drag the window edges to resize; it snaps to the correct proportions Persistent status bar (Alt+S)
File Transfers Zmodem downloads start automatically, with batch support Automatic skip or resume when a file already exists in your download folder Zmodem uploads: 8K blocks with automatic 1K fallback, and resume Zmodem uploads give up cleanly when the receiver keeps rejecting blocks, instead of retrying forever Upload picker opens automatically when the BBS starts waiting for an upload Drag and drop files from Explorer to upload Warns before sending a non-text file to a BBS message editor that is waiting for message text Xmodem (checksum and CRC), Xmodem-1K, Ymodem batch and Ymodem-G, with download protocol auto-detected ASCII line-paced text upload, with an adjustable delay between lines Transfer progress box: file, size, position, rate, errors, block size and progress bar Works with Synchronet sexyz (control-character escaping, Telnet CR NUL handling)
Door Support DDO-F/X LITE (LI-TERM F/X 2.0 compatible) Resource checks, downloads and automatic unzipping Macro engine and the doors' return-string table Door scripts, including their story and help pages Text input fields 640x480 256-color graphics mode: pictures, sprites, animation, FLI/FLC movies, door fonts Graphic windows, buttons, list boxes and mouse fields 3D walking views MOD/S3M music and sound effects, including text-to-speech, and the SOUND MASTER panel F10 flips between the graphics screen and the text screen Operation Overkill ][ (OOII) art and sound protocol, detected automatically IEMSI automatic login External door terminals (GTERM, GWTERM, PIT) through DOSBox 8 Ctrl+F1-F8 slots Built-in TCP COM bridge, or com0com %HOST% / %PORT% / %USER% / %PASSWORD% are filled into the command line Headless door relay mode (-D with a DOOR32.SYS dropfile) for BBSes that launch RGTERM as a door
Phonebook Saved entries: host, port, protocol, terminal type, screen size, font, login details, display options, logon script and notes Jump to an entry by typing its first letter; reorder entries with Alt+Up / Alt+Down Password always shown as ********; F2 reveals it while editing Alt+L sends your saved username and password Import phonebooks from NetRunner, SyncTERM, mTelnet, IcyTerm, Qodem, MagiTerm and PuTTY (.reg export) Built-in Telnet BBS Guide list: F11 switches to it, Ctrl+F11 downloads or refreshes it 90-day phonebook backup reminder
Scripting (RGScript) Variables, if/while/for/repeat and functions Commands including send, sendln, waitfor, delay, connect, hangup, input(), getline(), number() Run a script on connect, with Alt+O (picker shows each script's description), or with Shift+F1-F10 hotkeys Ctrl+O script recorder writes the script for you and never saves your password in it Error messages give the line number
Capture, Scrollback & Clipboard 2,000-line scrollback (Alt+B or mouse wheel) Scroll Lock / Pause holds incoming text without losing any of it Save the whole scrollback as .ans and UTF-8 .txt (Alt+V) Session capture to .ans and .log (Alt+G) PNG screenshots (Alt+P) Save the current screen as .ans (Alt+N) Copy the screen as text (Alt+T) Mouse select copies automatically; right-click pastes Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V
Accessibility Screen-reader mode (Alt+R) with spoken output Prompts-only mode (Alt+F) Read the current line, re-read the screen, and stop speech with Ctrl+Space
Keys & Configuration F1-F10 macros with escape codes (\r, \e, \xHH, ^A and so on) Doorway mode (Alt+W) passes every key to the door Alt+J shell to DOS Four-page configuration screen (Alt+C) with a hint line for each setting Separate download, upload and capture folders Built-in file browser: F5 accepts %APPDATA%-style paths and full file paths; F6 changes drive TelnetDoor-compatible command line: -S, -P, -R, -X, -Y, -Z, -E, -W, -K, -M BBS list menu Debug log of every byte sent and received (RawLog=1) Splash screen, Alt+Z help screen and Alt+= About screen submitted by /u/Exodus694 [link] [comments]