Using Telnet to Access a Library (UC's MELVYL)

Scope

• Telnet is an Internet communications protocol that enables the text-based access to remote computers and applications that rely on them.
• Telnet applications are available freely or for a low cost from such Web sites as Download.com or Tucows.
  • Good, free telnet software packages include:
    • For the Mac: Better Telnet
    • For the PC: Teraterm

Using telnet in the classroom

• Click on the Netscape icon on the Macintosh desktop. (Note: if there is a "telnet" icon/application on the screen you can just click that to use telnet directly.)
• When the Netscape browser is displayed on the screen:
  • Place the cursor on the "Location" or "go to" text box and click the mouse button. Hold the button down and highlight the line.
  • To telnet to the University of California's Melvyl databases, type in:
    • telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu
  • When it asks for terminal, type:
    • VT100 (This is just one of many types of computer terminal interface standards.)
  • Note: Most remote systems recognize the DEC VT100 terminal configuration.
  • Hit Enter (Return) twice.
  • You are in!  

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