Telnet with Windows 3.1

[Roger Harrison]

Ditto from me on this.  EWAN is good and it's free.  Check out
http://www.stroud.com/term.html for EWAN and others.
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danforth wrote:
> 
> I have been using EWAN for telnetting on Win3.1  It  seems to work quite
> nicely.  It opens in front of Netscape.  The term from Winqvt also works
> nicely.  If you install the full Winqvt suite though, I find that I have to
> manually close Winqvt before Netsape can open it a 2nd time.
> 
> Isabel
> 
> t 05:27 PM 2/13/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Some of the remote links on our web server require telnet and I am trying
> >to find a good telnet program that will open in FRONT of the web browser
> >window and will not time out after about 10-15 seconds. In my experience
> >with telnet and Windows, many times people try to run the telnet and the
> >dialog box in Netscape comes up and gives the statement "Log on as
> >Catalog" with the choices "Okay" or "Cancel". When they click on "Okay"
> >nothing seems to happen, because the telnet window has opened behind the
> >Netscape window. By the time they have a chance to find the telnet
> >window, it has timed out. It would work fine if the person knew to reduce
> >the size of the Netscape window before running the telnet session, but
> >that it just not going to happen.
> >
> >I have been using Trmptel for Windows 3.1 and I am not that familiar with
> >the built-in telnet for Win 95. Does anyone have any experience with this?
> >I am wondering Netscape design the browser so that Telnet opens up in
> >front by default?
> >
> >Christopher Adams
> >Automated Systems
> >Oregon State Library
> >chris at sparkie.osl.state.or.us
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Isabel L. Danforth     Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
> danforth at tiac.net       Co-Director of Librarians' Online Support Team
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