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Subject: Re: A Real Telnet Server for MS-DOS
Summary: I do have an application related to CD Rom's available to the campus
	 community via telnet/vt100.
Message-ID: <50835@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 89 21:20:23 GMT
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to several "server" PC's.  These PC's could be attached to a Meridian CD
Jukebox on a Novel network.  They would be front ends to the Jukebox; Users
would then telnet into these boxes and run the search program that comes
with the particular CD they chose.  If Telnet was not used we would have
to front end the PC's with a terminal server and come into them thru there
COM1 port.  The PC would have to be running a supped up version of CTTY.
From: karl-d@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Doug Karl)
Path: cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl-d

This idea is a cludge and I was repulsed by it at first but don't have any
other good ideas.  The problem is that CD's and CD software are runs on MSDOS
and each CD has it's own unique search program.  Whatever we do we have to
allow EVERYONE to use the CD service.  Hence the idea of a system that
you could Telnet/VT100 into.  There are many other issues related to this
system but we could get into that later if anyone desires to.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION:  The Telnet server should be very small, less than
80K would be nice.  If it mearly traped the BIOS and DOS screen calls and
send the ansi to the telnet output stream that may work with many CD's ????
Also whatever key mappings you use it should be tailerable; someone always
has a better idea.

Doug Karl
Computer Specialist
Instruction and Research Computer Center
Ohio State University