# Telnet Equiv. for Mac? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telnet-equiv-for-mac/101509 "2002-04-03T01:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Black\_Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Black\_Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telnet-equiv-for-mac/101509/1 "2002-04-03T01:54:16Z")
The [NCSA Telnet](http://home.austin.rr.com/telnet/) seems to be the most popular. Black Lizard ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telnet-equiv-for-mac/101509/2 "2002-04-03T04:40:23Z")
I assume this another of those headless posts where the OP is missing in action? Black Lizard is right about NCSA Telnet; there is also a program dedicated to telnetting into an IBM mainframe which expects you to be using a dumb terminal with keys you ain’t got (“Erase EOF”, anybody? How about “Clear Screen”??) – [tn3270](http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/comm/inet/tn3270-25b2.hqx) lets me run my antediluvian account at SUNY Stony Brook and speak VMS. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telnet-equiv-for-mac/101509/3 "2002-04-03T05:04:04Z")
I am closing this because it is a headless clone of [Telnet Equiv. for Mac?]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/) showthread.php?s=&threadid=107310) **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator