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SyncTERM Installer for Windows

This repository is only for building a windows installer for SyncTERM, and does not contain SyncTERM source code.

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The latest builds will have a recent shared Synchronet BBS List included.

About Syncterm

SyncTERM is a BBS terminal program which supports:

  • Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, and FreeBSD
  • X/Y/ZModem up/downloads
  • Runs in full-screen mode on ALL platforms (ALT-Enter switches modes)
  • *nix versions will run using SDL, X11, or using curses
  • Full ANSI-BBS support
  • Full CGTerm Commodore 64 PETSCII support
  • Full Atari 8-bit ATASCII support
  • DoorWay support
  • Support for IBM low and high ASCII including the face graphics (☺ and ☻) and card symbols (♥, ♦, ♣, and ♠) which so many other terms have problems with (may not work in curses mode... depends on the terminal being used).
  • Phone books
  • Multiple screen modes (80x25, 80x28, 80x43, 80x50, 80x60, 132x25, 132x28, 132x30, 132x34, 132x43, 132x50, 132x60)
  • ANSI Music (through the sound card if installed)
  • Telnet, RLogin, SSH, RAW, modem, shell (*nix only) and direct serial connections
  • Auto-login with Synchronet RLogin
  • Large Scrollback
  • Mouse-driven menus
  • Copy/Paste
  • Supports character pacing for ANSI animation as well as the VT500 ESC[*r sequence to allow dynamic speed changes
  • Comes with 43 standard fonts and allows the BBS to change the current font and upload custom fonts. This tool will allow you to create fonts for use with SyncTERM.
  • Supports Operation Overkill ][ Terminal emulation

For detailed specs on SyncTERMs handling of ANSI, as well as it's many extensions, refer to this document

Please file bug reports at the SourceForge bug tracker and feature requests in the Feature Request tracker.

Building

This repository builds the latest stable or dev SyncTERM Installer for Windows.

npm ci
npm run build

For the latest dev build: SET BUILD_TYPE=dev before running build command.

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