Re: [MiNT] Telnet?

[Jim DeClercq <jimd@panix.com>]

Thank you. Google is fussy search strings. Looking for BSD
sources, I found almost everything but what I wanted. Once I knew
what was there, those BSD sites were easy to find.

Jim
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Frank Naumann wrote:

> Hello!
>
> > The point is that the telnet program has nothing whatsoever to do with
> > VT100.
>
> Yes, telnet have absolutly nothing todo with nthe terminal emulation you
> speak here all the time.
>
> > I do not know off-hand where to get sources for BSD telnet. I'm sure you
> > could find them on the net. But getting these sources will do absolutely
> > nothing to help you with your problem.
>
> The sources are freely available on many places. Just look on:
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/
> http://www.openbsd.org/
> http://www.freebsd.org/
>
> for more details on http/ftp/cvs/sup download.
>
> You can for sure also order CD's of this stuff if you don't want to
> download it. There is extensive documentation and links about this on the
> mentioned websites.
>
> > What you need to do is get a terminal emulator that supports VT100. Like
> > toswin, or screen.
>
> That's the problem, TosWin2 don't support 100% vt100.
>
> The remaining questions:
>
> How do you login into your remote host?
> There do you set the TERM variable?
>
> I think your problem is that you don't understand how the login mechanism
> via telnet works.
>
>
> Ciao
>    ...Frank
>
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