From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 10:06:05 PDT
On May 4, 2004, at 3:39 AM, 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?
Of course!
> I presume not.
> Cane one visit websites through telnet?
With Lynx.
> 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.
Your wrong, young man, back in the days... we used telnet for
everything. Of course there was no WWW then.
Marty
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