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["Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Greg M.,
                       Yes, I used to get caught like that
often when I used telnet all thew time.  There
is an Alt-F? combination that is listed in one
of the help screens that it says to only use if
stuck. I think it's Alt-F3 but it's been a while since
I used it so I could be wrong.

Eric

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:27:09 +1030 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> One of my friends claims that he cannot connect to the bulletin 
> board at
> http://www.docsplace.org/
> 
> Personally, I suspect he is not driving his Windoze computer 
> properly.
> However, to check it, I connected to the site, clicked on the "BBS
> telnet" icon on the left and got connected to the BBS.
> 
> It asked me my first and last names, then told me I wasn't a 
> registered
> user, and asked if I wanted to register (y/n).
> 
> All straightforward so far. I typed "N" and hit return and telnet
> appeared to exit, but restarted again at the login screen.
> 
> The same thing happened when I tried to Alt-X out of telnet.
> 
> Eventually I had to reset the computer to get out of it.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem with telnet?
> 
> Is there a simple answer?
> 
> Greg
> 
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