jed@mbunix.UUCP (09/18/87)
The following public reply to Bob Claeson is provided to spark comment. Additionally, I am interested in anyone's knowledge of any-domain implementations of Telnet (vt100, vtXXX, 3278 models 2 and 4, NVT and NVDET), FTP, and SMTP on CMC, Excelan, 3Com or you pick it. Robert Claeson (enea!pvab!robert@seismo.arpa) writes (tcp-ip message 954) RE: Telnet for a PC/3Com configuration. >> >>Which one should I use? The telnet in Sun's PC/NFS was almost useless. We >>need support for national characters, ie we need to be able to remap the >>keyboard in about the same way as SmarTerm 240. >>By the way, is it possible to use another telnet together with Sun's PC/NFS >>and 3Com's EtherLink card? And is there only plain vt100 telnets for PC's? I currently have in house three Telnet implementations: FTP Inc's "PC/TCP" FTP/Telnet software, the FTP/Telnet that is available with SUN's PC/NFS (V.2), and the Telnet/FTP from NCSA (the National Center for Supercomputing Applications). I feel the NCSA Telnet/FTP product is superior to the others in the functions it provides (and the price is right ...free). However to be fair, FTP Inc. and SUN both offer unique capabilities that may be of value to you. But that is for another discussion. NCSA's screen "capture" capability is implemented similar to the way the Kermit communications software does it. The Telnet is coupled with a vt100 emulation and others are on the way. The FTP is very easy to use but is a server-only implementation (that is, you must be logged in to the source/destination host and initiate your ftp from there; the next release may allow a user FTP). My favorite capability is multiple sessions (you can be logged in as many as 20 times and an indicator on the screen lets you know if data has been received in any of the sessions). Also, the NCSA Telnet doesn't require additional "CONFIG.SYS" drivers. As for remapping the keyboard, I use the key redefinition function of DESQview (window/task management software). I am told that Superkey and Prokey (which I will implement shortly) should also work. I have had no problems with the NCSA software working in my PC/AT with the PC/NFS drivers installed. However, I have not been able to fully test the compatibility as our NFS server is not yet installed. Also, if you have Macintoshes, you'll be glad to know there is an NCSA Telnet version for the Mac. Simtel20.arpa has a ".arc" file in PD:<MSDOS.Telnet>. Also, you can get the PC and MAC files via anonymous FTP from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in the subdirectory NCSA. Questions or comments should be directed to one of the authors of the NCSA Telnet via mail To: "telbug%newton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.arpa". -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> ARPA: jed@mitre-bedford.arpa > John E. Daum or jed@mitre-omaha.arpa > Phone: (402) 292-5889 > Disclaimer: My opinions are just that, and do not reflect corporate views. ------------------------