[comp.windows.ms] Does TELNET do WINDOWS 3 ?

stanwass@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Stanley Wasserman) (11/26/90)

I am having problems keeping a window open for TELNET.
I am using an early 1990 version of the program, distributed by Clarkson U.
   and am ethernetted to a SUN network.
When I am not actively in the TELNET window, my system hangs up after about
   10 minutes and I have to reboot.

Any comments/suggestions/fixes ?

Thanks
Stanley Wasserman
stanwass@uiuc.edu

medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) (11/27/90)

stanwass@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Stanley Wasserman) writes:

>I am having problems keeping a window open for TELNET.
>I am using an early 1990 version of the program, distributed by Clarkson U.
>   and am ethernetted to a SUN network.
>When I am not actively in the TELNET window, my system hangs up after about
>   10 minutes and I have to reboot.

>Any comments/suggestions/fixes?

The problem is due to the way NCSA and CUTCP TELNET/FTP access the
packet driver.  An alternative program from QPC Software (Penfield,
NY) gets around this problem by providing a TSR interface to the
packet driver, with their TELNET/FTP equivalent software accessing
this interface.

QPC Software's package is called WinQVT/Net.  It is a shareware
program in version 1.30.  TELNET with vt52/vt100/vt200 emulation and
FTP are provided.  I just began using it last week and, other than
having to setup a host table (doesn't do DNR) it works okay.  I would
like to see better fonts and Tektronix graphics terminal emulation,
but it is very usable in its present state.

WinQVT/Net is available from cica.cica.indiana.edu <129.79.20.22>.
As with all shareware, make sure you pay for it if you decide to keep
using it.


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tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (11/28/90)

I use both the WinQVT (just started testing it) and CUTCP TN3270
and much prefer CUTCP because I have to access a VM host sometimes.
Unfortunately CUTCP has been hanging in Windows. WinQVT does not
seem to suffer this problem.

Maybe the people that do WinQVT could add the Tek graphics and
tn3270 emulation to make it the do all to end all??!!

tj