NCSA Telnet 2.3 Information                July 15, 1989

NCSA Telnet is a combined telnet client and FTP server program for
the Macintosh.  It emphasizes a convenient, powerful user interface and can
be configured to match the characteristics of your TCP/IP hosts.  We have
included support for a wide variety of Ethernet options.  Complete user
documentation is available; printed, or in Macintosh Microsoft Word format
files.

The documentation, program and source code are in the public domain.  
Copy, modify, distribute and be happy.

Features included in version 2.3 of NCSA Telnet:
(* means new in version 2.3)

DARPA standard telnet 
Built-in standard FTP server for file transfer
VT102 emulation in multiple, simultaneous sessions
Tektronix 4014 graphics emulation
Scrollback for each session
Domain name lookup with default domain suffix
RARP for dynamic IP address assignment
Full color support (PC and Macintosh II)
Font and size support (Macintosh)
MacBinary FTP transfer (Macintosh)
*Apple MacTCP (tm) support
*screens larger than 24 lines supported
*color raster display protocol (ICR)

Hardware required:

 Mac:  Macintosh Plus, SE, II, IIx, IIcx.  1MB memory.  System 5.0 or later.
    FastPath from Kinetics Inc.  Walnut Creek, CA   (415) 947-0998 and
        Kinetics gateway software or Stanford KIP (Croft) gateway 
        software.
    GatorBox from Cayman Systems and associated gateway software.
    or alternate FastPath compatible LocalTalk to Ethernet gateway.
    or
    EtherTalk software, combined with any of the following hardware:
        EtherSC or Etherport SE or Etherport II from Kinetics. 
        EtherTalk board from Apple Computer, Inc.
        EtherLink/NB (3C543) or EtherLink/SE (3C563) from 3Com Corporation.
        Fastnet III or Fastnet SCSI from Dove Computer Corp.
        Nodem products from Adaptec, Inc.
        MacConnect NIA310 from Interlan, Inc.
        alternate EtherTalk compatible systems for the Macintosh.

 EtherTalk software drivers are generally bundled with the hardware.

Files:

1. README			- (ASCII) Some important pointers about the
				  distribution.
2. Telnet.src.sithqx		- (Stuff-It + BinHex 4.0) - Source - posted
				  in MPW C 2.0.2. 
3. readme.telnet		- (ASCII) This file.
4. telnet.2.3.docs.sithqx	- (Stuff-It + BinHex 4.0) - Documentation -
				  Microsoft Word 3.X format (non fast-saved).
5. telnet.2.3.sithqx		- (Stuff-It + BinHex 4.0) - 2.3 application -
				  support for both Ethernet and AppleTalk.
6. telnet.mactcp.sithqx		- (stuff-It + BinHex 4.0) - MacTCP version.

For those with BinHex only. Download the file StuffIt_1.5.Hqx, which is in
BixHex, from the NCSA FTP directory Mac. All BinHex files can be downloaded
with any ASCII file transfer method (Kermit, NCSA Telnet, etc).

Other methods of distribution:

On-disk copies and printed manuals are available for a small fee which covers 
materials, handling and postage.   The anonymous FTP tape covers the contents 
of all disks.  Orders can only be accepted if accompanied by a check in U.S. 
dollars made out to the University of Illinois.  You can get an order form by 
contacting:

 NCSA Telnet orders 
 152 Computing Applications Building
 605 E. Springfield Ave.
 Champaign, IL 61820

One can also electronic mail a request to archive-server@ncsa.uiuc.edu. 
Include in the subject or message a line with "help" and a line with "index". 
This is a controlled-access server which will email the distribution to you one
segment at a time.  It is slow, but will gateway to BITNET and overseas.

Electronic Mailing List:

Mail to telnet-request@ncsa.uiuc.edu to be added to the list of recipients.  
To post messages to the list, mail to telnet@ncsa.uiuc.edu.

We hope you enjoy using our program.

Tim Krauskopf                timk@ncsa.uiuc.edu (ARPA)
Gaige B. Paulsen             intercon!gaige@uunet.uu.net (now with InterCon)

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign