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RetroTxt by Ben

Turn pieces of ANSI text art and ASCII, NFO documents into HTML using RetroTxt. RetroTxt is the Extension that takes legacy and plain text files and stylizes them into a more acceptable, useful format to view or copy from a web browser tab.

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About this extension
  • View ANSI, ASCII, NFO, Shift JIS text art as HTML.
  • View server and dev-op logs styled with colored text.
  • 16.7 million, 256 and standard 16 color support.
  • View BBS colored text files for Celerity, PC Board, Renegade, Telegard, Wildcat!, WVIV systems.
  • Swappable palettes; VGA, CGA, xterm, monochrome, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64 and switchable iCE Colors.
  • Customizable font and background colors.
  • SAUCE metadata parsing.
  • Multiple text encodings support including CP-437, ISO-8959-1, Windows-1252, Shift JIS.
  • Automatic block character, line artifact fixes.
  • Hundreds of IBM PC font choices such as VGA, PS/2, EGA, CGA, MDA plus variants, and more.
  • Various Amiga and home computer system fonts; Commodore, Atari, Apple, and more.
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Required permissions:

  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for sites in the retrotxt.com domain

Optional permissions:

  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for all websites
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Version
4.2.1
Size
6.37 MB
Last updated
3 years ago (Oct 15, 2022)
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Release notes for 4.2.1
Fixed flickering when changing between Option tabs.
Fixed broken documentation links.
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