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| I get an error from my browser program when I click on the link to connect to . |
You will need to modify your browser's configuration to invoke a TELNET program when you
try to access a TELNET link.
If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT you already have a TELNET application on your computer and all you need to do is configure your browser to execute it. I found this program in my /windows/system32/ directory as "TELNET.EXE". If you are running Windows 3.1 or WFW, you will need to install a TELNET application on your computer. Once you have identified where you Telnet program is, then you will need to configure your Netscape or Internet Explorer program to execute it when you click on a "TELNET" link. In Netscape 3.0, this can be configured under the Options, General Preferences, Apps, Telnet Application. In Netscape 4.0, this can be configured under the Edit, Preferences, Navigator, Applications, option. Scroll down to the "URL: Telnet Protocol" option, select this entry, and select Edit. Enter the path to the TELNET program you have installed or simply use Browse to help you find it again. I could not find how to setup a TELNET program under Internet Explorer 3.0 If you are using WebTV then you are probably out of luck. I've heard rumors of a newer system they are offering that might allow you to invoke a TELNET session. The older systems do not provide this functionality and will not work with . If you want to connect to , you'll need to change Internet Service Providers. |
| Our software has crashed. | The system is configured to automatically restart in event of a software crash. Unless there are hardware errors inside the computer that runs the system, we should be back online within 30 seconds. |
Once our software sends a screenful of the message to you it stops there so you can read what you have received before it sends the rest of the message. When you are ready to read more of the message, the natural thing to do is hit the ENTER key. In our software, that tells it to send one more line of the message. In order to get the next screenful of the message is to hit the SPACE BAR then the ENTER key. Then you will get the next screenful of the message. This method has a problem though. If you do this and you reach the end of the message, then our software takes the ENTER key and assumes that you want to read the next message in the mail area you are in. A way I've found that allows you to break out to the command prompt is to send the letter Q twice followed by the ENTER key. You'll get an error message from our system but allow you to get back to the command prompt.
You need to change your TELNET program's configuration to include "Local Echo". does not echo back each character you type so you need to change your TELNET program's configuration options to select Local Echo. If you don't do this, you'll never see the characters you are typing on the keyboard because most TELNET programs assume the receiving computer will send back each character typed. Our system does not echo characters back. It's not a problem with the program you are using, it's just a convention that most Unix-like systems send each character you type back to you. That's fine with computers that are directly tied to others, the keys you type are displayed quickly. But it's not acceptable with turnaround speeds typical on half duplex that's the norm on packet radio. With the slow turnaround speed on an packet connection, it would be seconds later after the character you typed to finally show up on your display. (I'd rather see the characters as I type them, not seconds later) So JNOS has been written to not send each character back through the link back to you. So you have to change your TELNET program's configuration to locally echo to the screen each character you type. Most TELNET programs have this option. I can't say exactly how to configure each one since there are so many different TELNET programs out there that you can use.