It was used for BBS pages, to be able to display actual graphics on the pages rather than the old ASCII/ANSI pages, but the calling side needed their terminal program to decipher it. Searchlight was the first, AFAIK, to have RIPscript in it. Telegraphix now holds Proboard, Searchlight and RIPScript. => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bryan Pope => Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:55 AM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: RIPscrip => => => => I found out what the vector graphics protocol is: => => ------------------------------------------------ => RIPscrip graphics are EGA quality graphics that are displayed => over the modem. The BBS sends special codes which are => interpreted by a special term program and draws the screen for => the user. The results can be impressive. While there are => other graphic protocols, such as NAPLPS and ROBO/FX, which are => better than RIP (supporting VGA and better resolutions), RIP is => the only one which can be made with simple ASCII sequences. => ------------------------------------------------------------------ => => It also looks like Telegraphix is the company who created this => protocol. (Which => I believe somebody said awhile ago._ => => Cheers, => => Bryan => =>