Best telnet client? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- quistisffviii · 2015-05-17 16:49 I have been logging on Bulletin Board Systems again via Telnet. This happens every so often. Usually the trips are fueled by nostalgia with the hope that maybe some old users from local boards are on a trip, too. If not, well I can play some LoRD and lurk on some boards. Right now, I downloaded SyncTerm to access them. Not sure how I like it yet. In the past, Mtelnet was my program. I wasn't sure on that one either, but it worked, too. Back in 1995-97, Lync or Lynx was my favorite program for dialing in to systems. Some tried to convince me that a RIP based terminal was the way to go or some other program, but that Lync/Lynx with the blue and yellow scheme was my favorite. It never slowed it down my old PC with a 14.4 modem. Loved it. Again, I am playing door games and reading messages. I may download files, but that is pretty unlikely. Any recommendations on a telnet client? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nolageek · 2015-05-19 21:13 What about /r/synchronet do you not like? I'd say it's the most popular these days and has a lot of features you're not going to find in the others. Some others that I know of can be found in the sidebar: SyncTERM (win,mac,lin) Netrunner (win/lin) mTelnet (win,os2) Most of the older ones don't work with telnet (but there's a few around that do) but they haven't been in development in a long time. Qodem is in development again as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JexerGIT · 2015-05-19 22:42 Oh yes lync! The guy who got me into BBSing used that, it was very nice and fast and could run well right off the floppy drive. It sounds like you are on Windows. Alas the qodem 1.0alpha that is out there is just barely functional on Windows. The 1.0beta I am currently working on will have Windows as a first-class supported platform. It will be able to do everything Qmodem 5.0 could do and much more, except ironically dial modems. I am hoping to get that out in July. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- quistisffviii · 2015-05-21 17:11 Syncterm is okay, but there are little things about it that are annoying. I may have an older version. Although I just downloaded it five or six days ago. When loading SyncTerm up, the window size doesn't retain the previous size; it always starts really small. Sometimes text will just scroll on top of other text making the new text difficult to read. Is mTelnet in development still? How is Netrunner? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- quistisffviii · 2015-05-21 17:19 I liked how light Lync was. I'd like to open it on DOSBox, but probably nothing functional would happen. Interesting. Sounds like you have your work cut out for you! Yes, you are correct on your hunch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nolageek · 2015-05-22 20:22 I guess I know what you mean by starting off at the 'smaller' size but I hate opening it full screen anyway so not a problem for me. Ive never seen the text issue you're describing. What board do you see that on? I've only used netrunner and mtelnet a few times - I've prefer syncterm in the past but netrunner has had a few updates since the last time I've used it. There's also Etherterm in development, but doesn't have many features at the moment - can't even add or edit the listing of boards yet (look for it on github) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- derfherdez · 2015-05-26 03:42 DOSBox supports fake tcpip modems, just dial the name or ip address. For those real nostalgia trips you can use Telex... Look in your config file for the serial section. By default they are 'dummy', change them to 'modem'. > [serial] > serial1=modem > serial2=dummy Now fire up telix (or whatever you want), and away you go. use the fastest speed, and you'll probably want to clear all the initialization strings [and yes, it works](http://imgur.com/a/GXH2v#1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- quistisffviii · 2015-05-27 14:58 I cannot recall, but it was really irritating while playing LoRD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tehtaken · 2015-10-24 08:39 I can't say which is the best but we are alike with Lync. I used Lync in DOS, then mTelnet, then Syncterm and then Netrunner. I like Netruner the best for calling BBSs. It misses some bells and whistles but it works better for me when going full screen compared to Syncterm and I like the way it looks and works with my mouse a lot better. I have Dosbox with Lync 3.0 and Terminate but i mostly use netrunner now. its at www.mysticbbs.com on the downloads make sure you get the newest one the older ones are not as good ---------------------------------------------------------------------- quistisffviii · 2015-11-08 19:14 Thanks