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PETSCII (Commodore 64/128)

A dedicated connection option for real Commodore 64/128 hardware and
PETSCII terminal emulators (SyncTERM's C64 mode, Novaterm, CCGMS,
64NIC+). Completely separate from the Telnet/SSH ANSI menus —
PETSCII isn't ANSI, so there's no color, no cursor-addressed
selectors, just plain text, numbered menus, and single-key prompts.

Off by default — the sysop has to opt in. If you don't see a
PETSCII port mentioned anywhere for this BBS, it isn't enabled here;
use Telnet or SSH instead.

Connecting

Two ports, one per screen width — connect to whichever matches your
setup:

Width Typical port
40 columns 6400
80 columns 6401

There's no auto-detect: every connection on a given port is treated
as that width, unconditionally, since most real C64 telnet clients
don't announce themselves usefully otherwise.

What you can do

Door games, ANetCRAFT, MRC/IRC Client, and ANSI art are not
offered over PETSCII — none of those have a plain-text-only path.

Sysop note

Sysops can build fully custom PETSCII menus — see Sysop Guide.