From: Scot McSweeney-Roberts (newton_at_mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 04:05:45 PDT
Eric Engle wrote:
>I use telnet on my windows side and quickport to move data to the newton (works
>fine).
>
>I am thinking of exploring telnet on the newton side since it seems light and
>fast.
>Can one do email through telnet? I presume not.
>Cane one visit websites through telnet? I presume not.
>In fact, as I understand it, one can only use telnet to
>a) visit telnet style bulletin boards (bbs) - of which there are fewer and
>fewer.
>b) transfer data from one telnet terminal to another.
>
>But maybe i'm wrong? I'm a complete telnet newbie.
>
>
If you're telneting into a unix box you can send email and visit
websites (and run any other command line app that you have access to) -
though the web browsing (and everything else) will be text only.
Scot
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