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    From Al@21:4/106 to All on Sun Dec 31 15:00:34 2017
    Hello All,

    Does anyone know of a good telnet app for the android?

    I don't actually have a tablet ATM but a friend does and we are looking for something that would work for telnet when on the go.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Static@21:2/140 to Al on Mon Jan 1 21:28:46 2018
    On 12/31/17, Al said the following...

    Does anyone know of a good telnet app for the android?

    I've been using VX Connectbot but its handling of ANSI isn't great even when you configure it to use IBM page 437. The characters are correct but it
    doesn't draw them with fixed width so they're a bit misaligned between lines.

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  • From RiPuk@21:1/136 to Static on Tue Jan 2 23:16:54 2018
    On Jan 2nd 3:11 am Static said...

    Does anyone know of a good telnet app for the android?

    I've been using VX Connectbot but its handling of ANSI isn't great even when you configure it to use IBM page 437. The characters are correct but it doesn't draw them with fixed width so they're a bit misaligned between lines.

    I use connectbot too - from memory some (NuSkooler I think) also use JuiceSSH which confusingly also does telnet!



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  • From Ktulu@21:2/122 to Al on Mon Jan 1 00:39:14 2018
    Try FTelnet. I really liked the direction it was going, but now there's been
    a keyboard added to it.. Let me know what you think.

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  • From Static@21:2/140 to RiPuk on Tue Jan 2 20:27:52 2018
    On 01/02/18, RiPuk said the following...

    I use connectbot too - from memory some (NuSkooler I think) also use JuiceSSH which confusingly also does telnet!

    Considering an SSH client already has all of the framework necessary, adding telnet isn't much of a stretch. A lot of SSH clients are swiss army knives
    and cover several functions.

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  • From RiPuk@21:1/136 to Ktulu on Wed Jan 3 09:21:44 2018
    On Jan 3rd 12:04 am Ktulu said...
    Try FTelnet. I really liked the direction it was going, but now there's been a keyboard added to it.. Let me know what you think.

    Hmmm....the scaling looks a little off on my OnePLus3. Seems to have stretched the screen for viewing landscape, even though I've got my phone portrait...


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  • From Tsali@21:2/116 to Al on Wed Jan 3 20:39:36 2018
    Due to a dead home router, I may be a bit late in my reply, but I use Termux and do an apt install telnet on it. It's esentially a *nix shell on your
    phone.

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  • From Ktulu@21:2/122 to RiPuk on Thu Jan 4 01:41:10 2018
    I did notice that. I just found it to be one of the better ones available. But as of the last update he added a keyboard that just doesn't fit this type of app and the keyboard takes up too much room on my S8+ It does handle Ansi pretty well however.

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Static on Sun Jan 7 18:21:54 2018
    Re: Re: Android telnet app
    By: Static to Al on Mon Jan 01 2018 09:28 pm

    Does anyone know of a good telnet app for the android?

    I've been using VX Connectbot but its handling of ANSI isn't great even when you configure it to use IBM page 437. The characters are correct but it doesn't draw them with fixed width so they're a bit misaligned between lines.

    Thanks for the info, and also everyone who replied. I'm going through this area now and saving all your replies to a txt file and the next time I have a tablet available I'll have a look and see what we can do.

    Thanks everyone. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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