ML>> FWIW: you are using ZOC as your TELNET client ;-)

 JP>  Yes, I am using Zoc as my telnet client but I am not using TELNET. I
 JP>  tried TELNET at one time and like  Hyperterminal, I found it wanting.

 JP>  Or am I getting deaper into mire now ?

no, not deeper mire OB-)

the telnet.exe app is based on the same app from the *nix world... the *nix
world also has a saying that makes a lot of sense and can be seen in most
every app designed and written in that world...

  do one thing and do it well

the telnet.exe app does telnet and nothing else... not file transfers...
not connection number database management (phone book)... this is how
they're designed to be...

hyperterminal is slightly better and offers a limited set of additional functions...

those of us from the DOS world are used to having one app that includes
everything... the old "one stop shopping" syndrome... we're
having to unlearn many years of ingrained habits and understandings... on
both sides of the fence...

back to the terminals, though... the hyperterminal and telnet stuff are
free... there is a better version of hyperterminal available for $$$... the
PE (personal edition) version is just something to get you looking and
wanting what's missing... in your case, you purchased ZOC rather than the
commercial version of hyperterm... in my case, i use one of several
terminal apps across all the platforms that i use... my forever favorite is
the original TELIX with its compiled SALT script language...

)\/(ark