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From: johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu
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Subject: Re: Sending an open command to another program?
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Date: 4 May 91 02:29:41 GMT
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In article <15500001@acf5.NYU.EDU>, fink@acf5.NYU.EDU (Howard Fink) writes...
>Specifically, I would like to launch telnet, open a connection,
>type in the name of the machine (actually, a library catalog)
>It's trivially easy to launch telnet, but I'm stumped as to sending 
>commands out of hypercard and into telnet.  

NCSA telnet has a save settings file that is double-clickable in
the Finder.  We configure machines with settings files that open
sessions with any of several vaxen on a campus network.

"Open settingsFile with "NCSA Telnet 2.3" " might do most of your
work for you.  Sending commands from Hypercard to Telnet would 
be nice, but that will have to wait for HyperCard 2.higher,
System 7, and an IAC-ready version of Telnet.  I can't wait ...

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)