mTCP Telnet is a telnet client for DOS that allows you to connect to
other systems running telnet servers, telnet BBSes, or online MUDs
(multi-user dungeons, the original online virtual worlds.) Telnet
includes ANSI terminal emulation so that you should be able to enjoy
color and cursor control on the systems you are connecting to.
This version of Telnet is designed for early IBM PCs and similar
machines. Great care was taken to make the screen updating as fast as
possible, making it usable even on the slowest of systems. Features
include:
- CGA, EGA and VGA support with 80x25, 80x43 or 80x50 video
modes
- A multiple page backscroll buffer
- Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) support, with real
underlining
- Special code to minimize 'snow' when using original IBM CGA
cards
- Special code to do screen updates using BIOS for machines
that are not perfectly compatible
- Proper telnet option negotiation code for wide
compatibility with Unix systems
- Built in ANSI emulation - ANSI.SYS is not required, and
more codes are recognized
Here is the detailed readme for telnet: telnet.txt
And here are some screen shots:
Editing code while
connected to my local Linux machine, with the Help/Status
window showing
Initial welcome screen
for TheKeep.net using the 80x50 line VGA mode
A note about the screen shots - they were taken on a Windows XP system
running a special build of DOSBox that has networking support. This is
the best way to get screen captures. Your results on real hardware will
be similar.
Download!
Telnet is included with the other mTCP based applications. They can be
downloaded from the main mTCP page
here.
Created July 31st, 2008, Last updated July 18th, 2010
(C)opyright Michael B. Brutman, mbbrutman@yahoo.com
