I have been trying to work out how to use some special key combinations in TELNET in 
an application we use that runs under DOSEMU. These usually involve CTRL and ALT with 
some others (eg INS, F1, SHIRT + F1 etc). I have scanned the postings of this mailing 
list and know that you can manually press combinations to get these (eg CTRL ^ and c). 
While this works I wanted to work out how to configure a telnet client to 
automatically do this to save our poor old users from doing this.

With a free version of telnet called "Console Telnet" (currently version 2.1) you can 
easily (after some configuration) do this. This means users for example can simply 
press things like CTRL ENTER (needed to clear a Novell message) and actually do a CTRL 
ENTER! I even got CTRL + SHIFT + F1 to work which our developers had used for some 
crazy feature (shades of Wordperfect).

If anybody wants to know how to do this please email me and I will tell them. You 
should be able to get any key combinations working with this. This telnet client is 
small (min files to copy to client PC is a zip of 99K), runs under Win 95/98/NT, 
doesn't do any registry modifications and allows resizable variable screen full colour 
ANSI. It is perfect for allow remote users access to a DOS application. Kudos to the 
developer!

If sufficient people want details I will post a followup to this list. If what i have 
said is obvious (and stupid!) then please excuse me but I am excited that the keys 
finally work!!

David Milligan
Technical Manager
Software Innovations Ltd
Phone:          64 3 3664881
Fax:            64 3 3798465
Email:          [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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