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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mDoes America Online really have full Internet access?  One major             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mpart of the Internet it does not offer directly is Telnet, now               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthat it can run 3rd party programs with WINSOCK.DLL, telnet is               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41ma possibility.  You simply connect to America Online, and run                [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41myour favorite telnet application that supports WINSOCK, then                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41myour ready to go.  You can also use Netscape's Navigator for                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAmerica Online and many other Internet applications which you                [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mmight find useful.  Here is a brief explaination of telnet:                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mTelnet is an application that lets you connect to another computer           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mwithout hanging up your modem and dialing again. You're using the            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mconnection you've already established with your local provider, in           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthis case America Online, to jump to a computer at another site,             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mso there are no long distance charges to pay.                                [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mBulletin boards, online stores, and multi-user games are just some           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mof the things you can tap into using telnet. We've provided some             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41msites in the telnet area list box, and you can find more sites by            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41msearching Gopher or the Web.                                                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mTo call another computer, you need the computer's domain name and,           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41min some cases, the port number. Open a connection with your telnet           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mapplication and type in the address (and port number). Most of the           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41msites you'll telnet to run on a Unix platform. Be prepared to use            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mline commands instead of your mouse when you log in. In most cases,          [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41myou'll find an easy-to-use interface and help files. If you get stuck        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41min a connection, type Control-] and hit return (you can also try             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41musing the ~ key). If you see a prompt that looks like this:                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mtelnet>                                                                      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mtype "close" to close the connection.                                        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIf you're having trouble using your backspace key, try typing                [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mstty erase <hit the backspace key>                                           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mNearly every site you telnet to will ask you to establish an account.        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mMost sites also ask for your real name and e-mail address--some              [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41meven ask for your home address and phone number. Most of the time            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41madministrators keep this information private--they keep personal             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41minformation about their users for security reasons only.                     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mTelnet connections can be slow sometimes. If there is a lot of "lag"         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mbetween the time you type a command and the computer responds, you           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mmight want to try the site at another time--when the server isn't            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mas busy. Most machines will drop your connection if you stay idle            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mtoo long, so if you're reading a long document you'll want to hit            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41ma key once in a while to stay logged in.                                     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIf you're having problems with the way text appears when you log             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41minto another computer, read the documentation that came with your            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mtelnet program. You can configure your terminal settings so that             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41myour text will be displayed properly.                                        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mFor more information, type in the keyword "TELNET" in America Online.        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;40m
