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Use Windows's Telnet program to
connect with a remote computer CONTINUED

HOW TO TELNET, part two
LOGGING IN

1. Click the connect button to begin your session.

2. At this point, you may see a screen that looks like this (or a similar screen
may appear later, after you log in):

telnet BUSHINFO.BUSH.EDU 7000       Trying 121.152.45.55 Port 7000
Connected to BUSHINFO.BUSH.EDU    Escape character is F10   Type @quit to quit

If the QUIT command and ESCAPE keys are indicated, write them down!
Youu will need them later. Different computers use different commands
for quitting and for escaping from a sequence that has been initiated.

EXAMPLE: Our screen will merely read:    sun.os.UNIX (hypatia.umich.si.edu)

3. When asked for a login name and password, type them in the appropriate
fields and press ENTER. If you don't know the user name and password:

a) The screen may tell you, if the telnet site is unrestricted.
b) Try entering in the user box: your email address   OR   your school
  or company   OR your server   OR anonymous
c) Try such common passwords as: guest    visitor     student    
d) Leave them blank, and press enter.

If you get an error message, try an alternative. If none work, the site
may be restricted and may be refusing you access. You have no
alternative other than to use the QUIT command and disconnect.

EXAMPLE: Type in iplmoo, then press enter. You do not need a password.


4. Read the information screen, note commands you should remember
and follow the instructions.

EXAMPLE: We are told to type connect guest if we don't have a name
and wish to connect as a guest. We are also told that the quit command is
@quit. We are not told the break command. Write down the quit command,
and type connect guest so that you may enter the Moo.



HOW TO TELNET, part three
ACCESSING TELNET  AND LOGGING OUT

1. Read the instruction screens, and any notes you have printed out or
written down in order to access files, explore the environment or
engage in conversations with others. Note the HELP commands
that are available, and use them if you need them.

EXAMPLE: In IPL's Moo, you will receive instructions on how to receive a name.
You can access the map of the Moo by typing  Moomap; then simply type a direction
(i.e. north) to move from room to room, and home to return to your initial screen.
Type help to find out your help alternatives. Many commands will begin with @ -
such as @go. If conversing with another person, precede your text to that person
with a quotation mark or the word SAY (Example: "How are you? or SAY How are
you?). Use a colon before your text to indicate an action or feeling (Example: If you
are Oscar, typing  :heaves a sigh of relief will read Oscar heaves a high of relief.)
Further help in regard to exploring, conversing, acting and creating in a Moo
is available on the Web.


2. To copy any text you are accessing at the remote site, select the text,
then choose edit, copy. Use edit, paste to paste it elsewhere.


3. When you are ready to log off, use the log off command indicated
by your particular host. It is important that you do not merely disconnect,
as you will continue to tie up the host's port unless you log off properly.

If you have not been able to locate the log off command, try typing
LOGOFF, QUIT, END, CLOSE or EXIT. If these do not work, try the
HELP COMMAND to look for logging off information.

EXAMPLE: Use the @quit command. Type @quit (no period).

4. Stop your personal logging of the session by choosing terminal,
stop logging on your Telnet menu bar.


5. If for some reason you haven't disconnected from the remote
computer, choose connect, disconnect. To close Telnet, choose
connect, close.

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TELNET HELP AND TELNET TIPS
Telnet Tips     http://galaxy.tradewave.com/hytelnet/TELNET.html
Telnet Information Page     http://lcopt.physics.fsu.edu/Local/Telnet.html
Galaxy Hytelnet Help      http://www.einet.net/hytelnet/HYTELNET.html
Hytelnet Tips  (site closing down)     http://moondog.usask.ca/hytelnet/
Hytelnet Info page     http://www.lights.com/hytelnet/

TELNET SITE LINKS AND INSTRUCTION PAGES
Internet-Now Telnet sites   http://www.internet-now.com/telnet2.htm
Galaxy Telnet Site Links    http://lmc.einet.net/hytelnet/SITES2.html
The Arts: Telnet and Gopher   http://www.aescon.com/asn/master/whwhteln.htm
Hytelnet on the WWW     http://library.usask.ca/hytelnet/
Search Hytelnet   http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/cgi-bin/hytelnet.pl

MORE ABOUT MOOS (and their MUD counterparts)
Beginner's Guide to Mooing    http://lingua.utdallas.edu/guide.html
Basic Moo Commands   http://www.du.org/cc/basicmoo.html
Moo Quick Start   http://www.missouri.edu/~moo/mooquick.html
The Mud/Mush/Moo Catalog     http://www.educ.kent.edu/mu/catofcat.html

THE WWWVL Educational Mud and Moo list      
      http://tecfa.unige.ch/edu-comp/WWW-VL/eduVR-page.html
GNA Network: Educational Moos  http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/~cynthiah/edumoos.html
Diversity University Educational Moo  http://www.du.org/
Grassroots Moo   http://rdz.stjohns.edu/grassroots/
Lingua Moo: An Academic Virtual Community  http://lingua.utdallas.edu/

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