I remember one local BBS that had a RIP-based menu (and I think it was in fact running Searchlight BBS [1], from looking at this) and it always felt so weird go

I remember one local BBS that had a RIP-based menu (and I think it was in fact running Searchlight BBS [1], from looking at this) and it always felt so weird going on that system. People did all kinds of neat stuff using ANSI graphics, but it still all basically looked like ANSI text/graphics. The RIP stuff was like entering a totally foreign land, where you can understand the language but all the road signs are different and they drive on the wrong side of the road. Quite a blast of nostalgia looking for the source of this, not something I've thought about in a couple decades. Found via BBS Documentary page on RIPscrip [2]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063957/http://telegrafix.com/products/searchlight/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20011217063957/http://telegrafix... [2] http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/PROGRAMS/GRAPHICS/RIPSCRIPT/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/PROGRAMS/GRAPHICS/RIPS...