Modem status (DCD) and MiNT and HSMODA

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Can Nethack ST run in medium res? I know it runs in low-res, I've got it there on my
Mega STe.

Nethack runs in every resolution. The 40 characters in low-res aren't enough, though the game doesn't care about that. Colors are not used, no matter what resolution you are using.

So the caller is calling in with their terminal software and if they choose to play
Nethack from your BBS, their terminal interprets and displays according to VT52
or ANSI, right? They are not running Nethack ST on their system.

That's correct. Nethack's (or every other game's) screen output and keyboard input get redirected to/from the modem and the VT52 codes will be tranlated to ANSI codes.

What I'm trying to figure out is, since you're running in mono/hi-res, even if they
are running something like ANSITerm, which shows 16 color ANSI screens to a very
nice degree, they will still see a mono screen?

That's just because Nethack doesn't use any colors. If it would, the VT52 color codes would be translated to ANSI color codes as well.

[DarkLord]

Well, I'm assuming you mean it won't run in color in any resolution with a BBS call.

I can get color in lo-res here on my Mega STe, but it won't run in med-res because
it complains that a file is missing.

Thanks for all the info. I might try to get this running on my BBS. Would it be safe
to assume that other qualifying games could be potentially run this way as well?

Thanks.

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Oooh, that's a completely different version. Yours seems to be a GEM application while mine uses GEMDOS output. It says it's version 3.0f built on September 10, 1989.

[DarkLord]

Oooh, that's a completely different version. Yours seems to be a GEM application while mine uses GEMDOS output. It says it's version 3.0f built on September 10, 1989.

Ah, that would explain a lot. So I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that GEM apps won't
work in this scenario and that GEMDOS ouput is required.

I'll see if I can find that older version.

Thanks.

PS That's v3.4.3 - the latest actual ST port that I could find.