Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:18:29 +1000 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>, "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: "Marius Bendiksen" <mbendiks@eunet.no>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: More Windows telnet trivia... Message-ID: <HPEIKDAPPNAFBPFBNMDAEEBGCCAA.wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20001012193452.G272@fw.wintelcom.net>
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I am actually using puTTY, (telnet +ssh) and the speed gain i found over windows' std. issues telnet is just amazing! I can actually telnet to other machines over the net with my 56k modem and still remain sane. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alfred Perlstein Sent: Friday, 13 October 2000 12:35 PM To: Terry Lambert Cc: Marius Bendiksen; chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Windows telnet trivia... * Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> [001012 19:24] wrote: > [ ... moved to chat ... ] > > > > Besides: arguing that Windows does telnet out of the box > > > isn't a terribly defensible position, because of the terrible > > > compatability of their "ANSI"/VT100 emulator. I even use > > > TeraTerm for telnet sometimes, just because you can actually run > > > vi and mutt through it. > > > > Actually, "setenv TERM vt220" and resizing your window to lose the > > scrollbars will get you everything you need from standard win95 telnet. > > Windows 2000 telnet handles ansi/vt100 just fine with no trickery, and > > does kerberized telnet, IIRC. > > You can fix this on Windows 95, as well. The trick is to drag > an icon to the desktop, and ensure that the program starts in a > maximized window, by modifying the icon properties. If you use > the icon to start telnet thereafter, the screen will be brought > up without the annoying (and unnecessary for the display area > size) scrollbars. > > I have always used "xterm" as my terminal type for the thing; I > find it performs better than the VT220. terraterm makes a nice free replacement for windows telnet, it's even got a ssh plug-in. sorry, you gotta do the search. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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