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Re: INFO: Accessing GEnie from the Internet
Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex (lunatic@netcom.com) wrote:
: At your *nix prompt enter "telnet," and at the
:
: telnet>
:
: prompt enter "toggle binary." You should see the following message:
:
: Negotiating binary mode with remote host.
:
: Next, enter "open hermes.merit.edu." You should see
:
: Trying...
: Connected to hermes.merit.edu.
: Escape character is '^]'.
:
: %Merit:Hermes (HME504:TN02:VT100:EDIT=MTS)
: %You have reached MichNet, operated by Merit Network, Inc.
: %Enter a destination, or enter HELP for assistance.
:
: Which Host?
:
: At the "Which Host?" prompt enter "%binary=on." You may then wish to
: enter "%?" at the next "Which Host?" prompt to see the status of your
: switches. They should look something like this:
:
: %TN02:VT100 EDIT=MTS STY=REC
: %INLEN=240 CRDEL=0 TBDEL=0 LINES=24 DCC=%
: %WIDTH=80 NPC=? PAGEW=0 IBPC=7 OBPC=7
: %WIDTH=ON NPC=ON PAGEW=OFF SCROLL=ON BINARY=ON
: %DUPLEX=OFF ECHO=ON INTER=OFF INPAR=OFF READER=ON
: %BACKS=ON TABSP=ON DLSPE=OFF EDIT=ON UCO=OFF
: %BROAD=ON MIX=ON CALLA=OFF OUTPA=OFF
:
: That "BINARY=ON" setting is the one that's important. If you instead
: see "BINARY=OFF" you're probably not going to get a full 8-bit
: connection. (This is the point at which I have been unable to proceed
: with a full 8-bit connection, myself.)
I used merit/hermes back in the mid to late 80s and recall also setting
IBPC and/or OBPC equal to 8. You may want to try these as well. Also,
merit has a tech sheet which used to be available on-line which explained
what some of the above settings mean (some are obvious, some aren't).
I believe they are available on one of the Univ. of Mich. gophers
acessible from the Which Host? prompt. Dig around.
Hope these vague recollections help out!
[remaining telnet procedure snipped]
Paul Schultz
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