[comp.windows.ms] PC-NFS Advanced Telnet query

bradford@bu-ast.bu.edu (David Bradford) (06/06/91)

We are running PC-NFS 3.5 under Windows 3.0 and are unhappy with the telnet 
sessions taking over the machine.  Can anyone tell me if Advanced Telnet 
actually opens up telnet sessions on the Windows screen (like the Terminal 
program in Windows) instead of switching out of Windows completely?  Thanks.




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cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) (06/06/91)

In <83286@bu.edu> bradford@bu-ast.bu.edu (David Bradford) writes:

>We are running PC-NFS 3.5 under Windows 3.0 and are unhappy with the telnet 
>sessions taking over the machine.  Can anyone tell me if Advanced Telnet 
>actually opens up telnet sessions on the Windows screen (like the Terminal 
>program in Windows) instead of switching out of Windows completely?  Thanks.

Advanced Telnet is a DOS application than you *can* run in a window if
you want to.  It requires a TSR that uses about 80-100k of memory so it's
difficult to run any large application at the same time as Advanced Telnet.

Chuck
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phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (06/07/91)

bradford@bu-ast.bu.edu (David Bradford) writes:
>We are running PC-NFS 3.5 under Windows 3.0 and are unhappy with the telnet 
>sessions taking over the machine.  Can anyone tell me if Advanced Telnet 
>actually opens up telnet sessions on the Windows screen (like the Terminal 
>program in Windows) instead of switching out of Windows completely?  Thanks.

The pictures I saw of Advanced Telnet looked like "windowed" DOS
sessions in 386 enhanced mode. That is, there was no resize ability,
etc. So it wouldn't be exactly like "terminal". However, it would
probably meet your needs, if you have a 386 and enough memory to run in
enhanced mode.

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bushey@kira.uvm.edu (Gary Bushey) (06/07/91)

In <83286@bu.edu> bradford@bu-ast.bu.edu (David Bradford) writes:

>We are running PC-NFS 3.5 under Windows 3.0 and are unhappy with the telnet 
>sessions taking over the machine.  Can anyone tell me if Advanced Telnet 
>actually opens up telnet sessions on the Windows screen (like the Terminal 
>program in Windows) instead of switching out of Windows completely?  Thanks.

Yes, it can run as a windows screen, but the manual states that it prefers to
run as a DOS application.


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sob@academ.COM (Stan Barber) (06/11/91)

In article <1991Jun7.041702.1883@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>bradford@bu-ast.bu.edu (David Bradford) writes:
>The pictures I saw of Advanced Telnet looked like "windowed" DOS
>sessions in 386 enhanced mode. That is, there was no resize ability,
>etc. So it wouldn't be exactly like "terminal". However, it would
>probably meet your needs, if you have a 386 and enough memory to run in
>enhanced mode.

The Advanced Telnet is just like Reflection. I am no windoes wiz, but
it appeared to run just like WQVTnet did. Maybe that's not running "in
windows", but it sure looked like it was running in Windows. You could
resize it, make it full screen and so on.

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petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) (06/11/91)

In article <605@academ.academ.com> sob@academ.COM (Stan Barber) writes:
>In article <1991Jun7.041702.1883@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>The Advanced Telnet is just like Reflection. I am no windoes wiz, but
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Advanced Telnet *is* Reflections, resold by Sun.



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phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (06/12/91)

sob@academ.COM (Stan Barber) writes:
>In article <1991Jun7.041702.1883@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>>The pictures I saw of Advanced Telnet looked like "windowed" DOS
>>sessions in 386 enhanced mode. That is, there was no resize ability,
>>etc. So it wouldn't be exactly like "terminal". However, it would
>>probably meet your needs, if you have a 386 and enough memory to run in
>>enhanced mode.

>The Advanced Telnet is just like Reflection. I am no windoes wiz, but
>it appeared to run just like WQVTnet did. Maybe that's not running "in
>windows", but it sure looked like it was running in Windows. You could
>resize it, make it full screen and so on.

According to a very reliable source who has personally used A.T. and
knows PCs and Windows, sob's comments are not accurate. WinQVTnet is
a real windows application, A.T. is a DOS application, with a PIF file,
that runs in a DOS session.

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geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (06/14/91)

Quoth petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) (in <15440@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>):
#In article <605@academ.academ.com> sob@academ.COM (Stan Barber) writes:
#>In article <1991Jun7.041702.1883@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
#>The Advanced Telnet is just like Reflection. I am no windoes wiz, but
#
#Advanced Telnet *is* Reflections, resold by Sun.

Almost. WRQ did not have a tn3270 component for Reflection, and
we asked them to write one for PAT*.

Geoff
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