tz> Well this is odd, so I installed terminate on and XP box ,
 tz> and for grins I
 tz> inputed a telnet address for a phone number , It connected
 tz> to the bbs fine ,
 tz> but is has some graphical issues . butthe fact that it can
 tz> connect to a bbs
 tz> is odd when using a telnet address for a phone number . any
 tz> how this is makes
 tz> me want to really dig into terminate, I wonder if its more
 tz> advanced for the
 tz> time them I thought . any how it does work in dos box , and
 tz> im going to play
 tz> with this telnet thing to see what i can figure out .

If you are using it in DOSBox then the reason it works seemlessly is
because ¨the virtual modem in DOSBox will automatically resolve the phone
number to an ¨internet address.

If Terminate was talking to a real serial port then it would not know how
to ¨dial a network ddress, and you'll probably get a NO DIALTONE
straightaway.