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- NCSA Telnet 2.3b1
-
- Please mail all questions and comments to:
- telbug@ncsa.uiuc.edu
-
- The following is a list of added features for NCSA Telnet 2.3b1 for the PC.
-
-
- 1) Telnet to any specified port:
-
- This can be done in one of three ways: from inside of config.tel,
- from the command line, or from the Alt-A menu inside of telnet.
-
- NCSA Telnet uses port 23 (telnet server) as the default port. A port option
- has been added to the keyword list allowing the default port to be changed
- for a specified host. For example:
-
- hostname=zaphod; port=25;
-
-
- Placing the above line in config.tel will cause NCSA Telnet to connect to
- port 25 (SMTP server) instead of port 23 (telnet server).
- In order to achieve the same effect from the command line, specify the
- hostname followed by a '#' followed by the port number.
-
- c:\telnet> telnet zaphod#25
-
-
- The Alt-A menu uses the same method as the command line.
-
-
- 2) Support for 43-line EGA mode and 50-line VGA mode.
-
- The "video=" option in the config.tel file can be used to select
- a 43- or 50-line screen. In order to get 43 lines of text, place the
- following line in the config.tel, "video=ega43". Likewise, 50 lines of text
- can be achieved by using, "video=vga50".
-
-
- 3) FTP now differentiates between filenames and directories.
-
-
- 4) Copy and Paste between sessions.
- NCSA Telnet now provides the capability to copy data from one
- session to another session. Copying can be done either by using the keyboard
- or the mouse. To copy text using the keyboard:
-
- Step 1: Enter scrollback mode by pressing the Scroll Lock key.
-
- Step 2: Using the keyboard cursor keys, position the cursor on
- the character that marks the beginning of the text to be copied and press the
- space bar. The character will be highlighted.
-
- Step 3: Move the cursor to the end of the text to be copied and press
- the space bar. As the cursor moves, the selected text will be highlighted.
-
- Step 4: Press Alt-C and the highlighted region will be copied into
- a buffer.
-
- If one of the endpoints needs to be moved, Shift-Space Bar will free the
- endpoint nearest to the cursor and move it to the cursor's location. The
- cursor and be moved to a new location if desired. Repeat Step 3 and 4 to
- copy the text.
-
-
- To copy text using the mouse:
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- Step 1: Enter scrollback mode by pressing the Scroll Lock key.
-
- Step 2: Move the cursor to the beginning of the text to be copied.
- Press and hold the left mouse button.
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- Step 3: Move the cursor to highlight the text region to be copied and
- release the mouse button.
-
- Step 4: Press Alt-C and the highlighted region will be copied into
- a buffer.
-
- If one of the endpoints needs to be moved, Shift-Left Mouse Button will free
- the endpoint nearest to the cursor and change it to the cursor's location.
- The cursor can be moved to a new location. Repeat Step 3 and 4 to copy
- the text.
-
- To retrieve the text from the buffer, exit out of scrollback mode and press
- Alt-V. The text in the buffer will be sent to the current session. Caution
- should be used, for the host will react exactly as if the text had been entered
- from the keyboard. Currently, there is a 32K limit on the size of the copy
- and paste buffer.
-
-
- 5) Drop into server mode after closing all sessions.
-
- When NCSA Telnet is invoked with the -s command line option, it will
- automatically enter the server mode when there are no open sessions.
-
-
- 6) Changes to the Parameter (Alt-P) menu.
-
- The Parameter (Alt-P) menu has two new additions: options
- to enable/disable ftp and rcp independently, and enable/disable Line wrapping.
- A bug fix now allows one to cancel all changes by hitting the esc key.
-
-
- 7) New keystokes.
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- Alt-V: Will copy text from a buffer onto the current session.
-
- Alt-C: In scrollback mode. Copies highlighted text into a buffer.
-
- Alt-F: Formerly Alt-T. Will initiate an ftp call back to your PC.
- Changed to make both the Macintosh and PC versions more similar.
-
-
- 8) New drivers.
-
- NCSA_Telnet now supports the following drivers:
-
- Value Ethernet Board
- -----------------------------------------------------
- For the PC Bus,
- atalk *Apple Talk
- packet *Packet Driver
- 3c501 3COM 3C501
- 3c503 *3COM 3C503
- pcnic Ungermann-Bass PC-NIC
- wd8003 Western Digital WD8003E
- ni5210 MICOM NI5210
-
- For PS/2 MCA bus,
- nicps/2 Ungermann-Bass NICps/2
- 3c523 3COM 3C523
- wd8003 *Western Digital WD8003EA
-
- Boards with an asterisk by them indicate new for Release 2.3.
-
-
- 9) Keyboard mapper.
-
- The keyboard mapper can be initialized by using the "keyfile=<filename>"
- option in the config.tel file. This is a ascii file that contains keyboard
- mapping information for NCSA Telnet. For additional information about the
- keyboard mapping file format, please see the included file - 'keymap.txt'.