Hello Maurice,

 AI>> What telnet client is he using?

 MK> Whatever the default client is in Win98.  I have no idea as I never
 MK> did use Windows any version to do networking ... or anything for that
 MK> matter.  I am a Unix guy.  :-)

Ug, I just did a telnet session on Win98 with the defualt telnet client. Nasty!

 AI>> I use mini telnet, a small & fast
 AI>> ansi telnet client but it only supports zmodem.

 MK> Then it won't work since this is strictly tcpip networking.  No dial
 MK> up here.  The wireless is hooked up to a standard ethernet at my end
 MK> and that is straight tcpip stuff (telnetd and ftpd).

This one is a tcpip app. It looks just like the linux telnet setup with
zmodem support. Quite a nice freeware term for OS/2 or Win32. He can get
mtel12b.zip from http://ozone.eesc.com, it's the first link on that page.

 AI>> If he's using
 AI>> HyperTerm it's a good idea to install the fonts from the
 AI>> hilgreave site and use them instead of the default.

 MK> Will Hyperterm use tcpip at his end?  If so that might be the way to
 MK> go.  Once he's logged in here he is in Linux world.  I believe his
 MK> client is using vt100 but I am not sure.  Anyhow it works but he wants
 MK> the fancy stuff like the Linux term.  I doubt he'll find anything that
 MK> good but ANSI might be good enough for him.  Certainly better then
 MK> what he has.  If not then we'll carry on with what we have until he
 MK> learns Linux and then has the good stuff by default.  One step at a
 MK> time.

Yep, Hyperterm is both dialup and tcpip. It a full blown win32 gui term. It
can be found at ftp.hilgraeve.com in the htpe directory as htpe63.exe.
There are also fonts for HTPE in the /pub/vendor/hilgraeve directory as
hyprfont.zip. Those fonts work better than the default font for rendering
BBSs high ascii/ansi in my experience but I guess it depends on what fonts
he has installed, HMMV. HTPE is free for non-commercial home use.

 MK> Anyhow this was too easy to setup at this end.  Looks really good from
 MK> this angle.

Yep, I'm working on my setup as well.. :)

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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