--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 22:10 -0400 on 29/08/01, Tracy Keirns wrote:
>
> >I found a box, unopened, of Versa Term software.
> Includes disks, manuals,
> >etc. What uses are there for a terminal emulator?
> I seem to be kind of
>
> You can hook two Macs together through their serial
> ports with it (and a
> cable); you can use a Mac as a *nix console; you can
> control various bits
> of hardware with serial configuration modes (like
> routers and such). Lotsa
> uses, most of them esoteric and archaic but still
> uses.
You can telnet into a DSL router via serial cable
to adjust settings or telnet into a Win2K box that
has the telnet server running and have a bunch of
fun. Of course, for once, M$ wasn't being dumb.
The telnet server is _not_ turned on by default.
Lots of things you can do with telnet. Download
your e-mail, read usenet groups, play MUDs, MOOs and
MUSHes. Some people have even revived the old
style BBSes with telnet access instead of a bunch
of dialup lines. Before the WWW there was Telnet!
Wasn't Compuserve originally a telnet based service?
Also check out Better Telnet, it's a free app.
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