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From: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Telnet into a PC
Keywords: telnet, TCP, IP, PC
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.170335.29896@sti.fi>
Date: 18 Jun 91 17:03:35 GMT
References: <995@utsmips.csd.uts.EDU.AU> <2437@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Reply-To: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Organization: Stream Technologies Inc.
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In article <2437@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au> bxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott) writes:
>ricko@bach.ee.uts.EDU.AU (Rick Jelliffe) writes:
>
>>I run a network of suns for Electrical Engineering here, and we
>>would like to telnet to PCs around on different floors. The programs
>>on the PCs are simple character-based ones only. 
>
>>Does anyone know of PD sources for this? (NOTE: whenever I've asked
>>anyone this it has been difficult to convince them that I am NOT 
>>asking to telnet OUT of a PC and into a multi-user system. I wnt to
>>connect to the PC.)
>
>What you are after is NOT possible on PCs under MS-DOS.  It might become
>possible under OS/2 though.  It would require porting the telnet daemon
>source from Unix.  Not an easy task!

This is not a typical MS-DOS thing to do, but it's definitely not 
impossible as you indicate. MS-DOS has had console redirecting for
ages. People write TCP/IP stacks (driven by the clock interrupt) on
MS-DOS!  A TELNET daemon is not impossible to do.

BTW, I'm also looking for one ...

Timo

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