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- Help file for !Telnet
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Application : Telnet
- Purpose : A command line telnet program
- Version : 0.02
- Author : Leo White
- Date : Thu 22nd January 1998
-
- © Leo White, 1998
-
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-
- Telnet is a simple command line telnet program. It can be used
- to connect to unix machines, chat daemons, MUDs etc. The only telnet
- option it supports is 'echoing', and runs in a char-by-char mode.
- Hopefully later versions will support more telnet options.
-
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-
- Usage: telnet can be run in the following way
-
- telnet <hostname> <port>
- or
- telnet <hostname>:<port>
-
- If telnet is run with no arguments then it will prompt for a hostname
- to connect to.
- Hostname can either be the textual host name "your.hostname.com"
- or can be the equivalent IP number "123.456.789.1". If the port
- number if not specified then the default telnet port number is
- used (23)
-
- Also if the hostname is "0", then telnet will attempt to connect
- to "localhost".
-
-
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-
- Things To Do
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- -Support more of the telnet options
- -Add the ability to switch between linemode and char-by-char mode.
- -Allow the user to 'escape' out to a 'telnet>' promopt
-
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-
- Program History
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Version 0.01
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Hostname lookup and connection. Only seems to want to connect to
- MUDs and chat daemons. But not to 'proper' telnet daemons.
- Ran in linemode.
- Runs happily in a taskwindow.
-
- Version 0.02 Thu 22nd January 1998
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Fixed a small bug which allowed telnet to connect to 'proper' unix
- telnet daemons.
- Switched to running in char-by-char mode as this works better
- on unix machines.
-
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-
- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This software is provided as is. The author cannot take responsibility
- for any loss of data or any other problems consequent upon the use of
- this program.
-
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-
- Conditions of Use
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This software is freeware. It may be freely distributed as long as no
- money is exchanged, apart from cost of distribution i.e. cost of discs,
- and that all the original files are included.
-
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-
-
- Updates and Listing Files
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You can get the latest version of telnet from my web page
- at
-
- http://www.ukc.ac.uk/php/lptw1
- or at
- http://www.brighteyes.u-net.com
-
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-
- Contacting The Author
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you wish to contact me, e.g. to tell me about any bugs,
- improvements etc. Or if you just want to send me large amounts of
- money :) (Well you never know), then you can use the following
- methods.
-
- email : lptw1@ukc.ac.uk (Should be valid for a few more years yet)
- lptw1@brighteyes.u-net.com
-
- or send mail to
-
- L P T White
- 208 New Road
- West Parley
- Ferndown
- Dorset
- BH22 8EN
-
- Any mail arriving here will be sent on to me at University. So could take
- quite some time to reach me.
-