Free if you run XP

alared

wipeout wrote:

I go into "Run", type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" then a box appears saying "Connecting To towel.blinkenlights.nl" then it disapears and nothing else happens. Am I missing something?

Leave out the inverted commas

flobber_2

To make it easier, just click this link:
[url]telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl[/url]

wipeout

alared wrote:

Leave out the inverted commas

Its called Grammer, im doing my GCSE's right now and its kinda useful...

Alfie_E

wipeout wrote:

Its called Grammer, im doing my GCSE's right now and its kinda useful...

But, clearly not doing spelling. Don’t worry, I’m not having a go; my spelling and typing are often appalling, and I’m a lot older than you.

redbob_2

crikey thats potty

Alfie_E

catz747 wrote:

Poppycat wrote:

It isnt added to XP telnet if my memory serves me right is a old way for pcs to connect to one another. I seen it before, but still good to see. EDIT thought is came before internet

Yes you're right I was just told that by a couple of people I said to do it to over MSN

There’s a telnet client progam available for just about every operating system ever made. You just have to have one that has the ability to go back and change what’s already been displayed. This is, it’s not going to work terribly well with an original Teletype machine.

scatz

That's what I call a 'quality freebie'. Very 'old skool'.:)

:beer:

patrick0

Don't worry about telnet not being secure in this case. All you are doing is connecting to a machine and it's sending you some text then disconnecting (same as what happens when you view a web page).

When they say it's insecure they mean that technical people who have control of the computer network between your machine and towel.blinkenlights.nl (such as your internet provider) can see the text that is being sent (if they choose to do so).

But they can also do the same with email and normal web pages (ie. http:// pages) -- which is why email and normal web pages are classified as insecure too.

Telnet is still used in many places, though many people now use SSH instead (which is the telnet equivalent of https web pages).

Wolverine

wow
thanks OP
I've gotta admit though, it got boring, but was previously entertaining! thx!

karry1412

Fantastic! Thanks!!