Many resources on the Internet, particularly library catalogues, are available using a telnet connection to a text-only interface. Telnet is a basic, reliable and rapid form of communication and telnet software is widely available as freeware or 'lite' versions, eg Anzio, TeraTerm, QVTnet. Telnet software can be used as a stand-alone program on the PC or can be launched automatically by a browser, Netscape for example, when a telnet connection is called for.
The error message "Application not found" usually means that the browser has not been configured to use any telnet software, and this will have to be corrected for the link to work. Glasgow Caledonian University staff and students should contact their computing support section for more help with this.
Resources available from these web pages that may require a telnet connection include the library catalogue and various other resources.
Using Netscape 6 and telnet on Windows 98 or Windows 2000
If you are using the telnet client supplied with Windows 98 or NT 4 there should be no particular problems. If, however, you want to use a different telnet client, then you should do the following to make telnet connections work:
Start Windows explorer
Click on the View option on the menu
Click on Options
Click on File types
From the list of Registered file types, select 'URL;Telnet protocol'
Delete this file type
Then, start Netscape and click on any telnet link e.g. on the Library catalogue page click on 'Search the catalogue'; an error message, 'Viewer not configured', will be displayed
Then select Edit, Preferences and then Applications from the Netscape menu.
In the Applications description box select the telnet item and edit it to run your preferred telnet client.
