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To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Jose Monteiro wrote:

> It works in the console, but not through telnet or ssh...
> Is it supposed not to work in this conditions?

It depends on your telnet or ssh client. For instance on a mac, NCSA
Telnet 2.6 dosnt support colour, nor does NiftyTelnet. NCSA Telnet 2.7 and
BetterTelnet both support colour. 

If your using Windows you'd better check the documentation of your telnet
client.

Andrew