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- National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- June 1991
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- About NCSA Telnet
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- NCSA Telnet Version 2.3 for the PC provides interactive access
- from an IBM PC or compatible to telnet hosts on TCP/IP networks.
- NCSA Telnet is an implementation of DARPA standard telnet
- with added features that take advantage of the local processing
- power of the PC.
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- Special Features
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- Special features of NCSA Telnet for the PC include:
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- % VT100 emulation
- % Local printer support for VT100 emulation
- % Simultaneous logon to a number of computers
- % Ability to capture text to the PC disk or printer
- % File transfer server (standard FTP)
- % Remote copy server (rcp) for use with UNIX hosts
- % Ability to take full advantage of PC colors
- % Topview/Windows compatibility
- % Tektronix 4014 emulation
- % Added applications such as: lpr, lpq, lprm, rexec, rsh, finger,
- setclock (all similar to UNIX utilities)
- % Domain name lookup
- % Optional use of RARP and Bootp for determining PC's IP
- address
- % Support for Linemode protocol
- % Scrollback with mouse support
- % Cut and paste capabilities for text between sessions
- % Keyboard mapping
- % Text output mapping
- % Better message routing of telnet options to console screen
- % Ability to dump screens to a capture file
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- System Requirements
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- To use NCSA Telnet you must have the following hardware:
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- % IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT, IBM PS/2 model 30, or "true"
- compatible computer with one of the following Ethernet adapter
- boards:
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- Appletalk Card
- DecNet Card
- 3COM 3C501 Etherlink
- 3COM 3C503
- 3COM 3C505
- AT&T Starlan 10
- Western Digital WD8003EB
- MICOM NI5210
- Ungermann-Bass PC-NIC (same as IBM Baseband Adapter)
- Western Digital WD8003E EtherCard PLUS
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- % or IBM PS/2 models 50,60 or 80, or "true" compatible computer
- with one of the following Ethernet adapter boards:
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- Ungermann-Bass NICps/2
- 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC
- Western Digital WD8003A
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- % The following adapters have been tested successfully with
- packet drivers:
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- 3Com's 3C501, 3C503, 3C505, 3C507, and 3C523
- Any SMC-mode ARCnet card
- Any AT&T Ethernet or StarLAN card
- D-Link Systems' DE-600 Pocket LAN Adapter
- Simulated driver over NetWare's IPX
- BICC Data Networks' ISOLAN
- Apple Computer's LocalTalk PC Card
- Sun/TOPS (Sitka) FlashCard
- Simulated driver over NetBIOS
- NCR's ET-105B
- Novell's NE1000, NE2000, and clones
- Racal-InterLan's NI5010, NI5210, NI6510, and NI9210
- Ungermann-Bass's NIC and NICps/2
- All Western Digital's models
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- % 384K minimum memory
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- % Ethernet or Thin Ethernet to connect the PC and other computers
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- To use NCSA Telnet you must have the following software:
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- % PC-DOS or MS-DOS Version 2.0 or later
- % a standard text editor (helpful when editing the configuration
- file)
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