Telnet apps for Netscape/WIN95 setup

[Bin Zhang]

Alejandro Garza Gonzalez writes:
 > I'd say WinQVT 3.98 's Telnet client offers the best solution IMO for 
 > public access workstations-- it doesn't offer too many menus for the user 
 > to fiddle with (you can write-protect the settings file to fix them 
 > permanently too), it has a no-clutter interface (no button toolbar to get 
 > in the way), has a right-on emulation for vt100, vt220 and ANSI, and can 
 > be run from Netscape via its TNSTART.EXE 'helper' app.
 > 
 > The minus side is that it must always be running in the background; 
 > TNSTART only communicates to WinQVT that it should launch its telnet 
 > client. 
 > 
 > If you use Flute to hide the Program Manager and other windows, it's pretty
 > bullet-proof. (see the web4lib ref. center, "Netscape Timeout for 
 > Windows").

For Windows 95, why not get the win95 version of qvtnet?  I think the
current version is 4.0 (qvtnet40.zip or something like that).  You
simply configure netscape to point to term.exe in the qvtnet folder.
It supports vt102/vt220/vt52, and supports rlogin.

You can get it at ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l.

good luck!

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 > _ alejandro garza _________________ __ _ _  _    _
 >   ITESM Centro de Informacion-Biblioteca Monterrey
 >   agarza at campus.mty.itesm.mx
 > _ http://www-cib.mty.itesm.mx/ ____ __ _ _  _    _
 > 
 > On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Hal wrote:
 > 
 > > We have a number of WIN95 Public Workstations that are currently running
 > > Kermit 95 Telnet software.  So far we are very unhappy with the Kermit 95
 > > software.  Can anyone recommend a telnet application that they are happy
 > > with?  It should allow for VT220 emulation (The Microsoft telnet app only
 > > allows up to VT100).