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*** TELNET 2.0b4 README.TXT ***
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NOTICE:

This release of TELNET is a beta release and has not been fully
tested. Hopefully this will be the final beta. Please send comments
and bug reports to, the author, Brad Johnson <jbj@chrysalis.org> or
on the web at http://www.chrysalis.org/jbj.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a telnet client with full color ANSI support for Windows NT/95
console. You can use this program from the Win95 command line (MsDos)
and run in full screen text mode. I find this very desirable when I
want to concentrate on my telnet session. You may also redirect the
telnet session to STDIN and STDOUT for use with other programs.

Telnet will communicate the number of lines and line width to the host,
and can operate in any console mode.

REQUIREMENTS:

This program requires Windows 95 or Windows NT to run. Win32s is not
supported. If you have problems with paste under Win 95 try unchecking
the fast paste option in the MsDos properties. The paste function works
correctly under NT.

USAGE:

  TELNET
    Begins telnet and enters telnet> command line.

  TELNET [params][host [port]]
    Connects to port on host. Port defaults to 23 for TELNET.

    params    -dFILENAME.EXT    Dumps all incoming data to FILENAME.EXT
                                Note lowercase 'd'.

  TELNET ?
    Gives usage information.

Pressing ALT-] will break out of a telnet session and return you to the
telnet> prompt. Pressing return will resume your session. Other options
are available from the telnet> prompt. Type ? to get help.

The key definitions are loaded from the file "keys.cfg" in the directory
of the executable. You can override this by specifying the full path and
file name in the environment variable TELNET_CFG.

If the environment variable LANG has a valid value (e.g. LANG=de for German
characters) and the file LOCALE.DLL is installed somewhere along the PATH.
TELNET will not ignore local characters.

If the environment variable TELNET_REDIR=1 then TELNET will write to STDIN
stdin and stdout instead of processing the ansi and keystrokes.


A SPECIAL THANKS:

I would like to thank the original author for releasing his code into
the public domain so others learn from it and build on to it. I would
to thank I.Ioannou for working on the KeyTranslator. And I would like
to thank Amol Deshpande for answering my questions. Also thanks to Chris
Szurgot for his Virtual Un*x Site (http://www.itribe.net/virtunix) and
mailing list. Thanks!

Original Author of version 1.1:
  Igor Milavec
  igor.milavec@uni-lj.si

KeyTranslator class:
  I.Ioannou
  roryt@hol.gr

Author of version 2.0b:
  Brad Johnson
  jbj@chrysalis.org
  http://www.chrysalis.org/jbj
