Hi Friends!
Today I am going to share a simple command prompt (referred as 'cmd' throughout the text) command 'telnet'. Well, we all know it's used for connecting to remote machines, blah blah... but in real sense, many of us have not gone beyond our textbooks and feel how telnet works. In this blog, we are going to learn to play ASCII based 'star wars' using the command prompt. (By the way, we all know cmd is CUI, Character User Interface, so it should be understood that we are going to see text only).
To begin, first make sure that 'Telnet' is ON in your system.
For that go to Start-> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on and off -> (Check) Telnet Client -> OK
After this you can start Telnet via cmd.
One more thing, you need to be connected to web to play around with this command. Also as the telnet server is on the web, it doesn't matter what platform are you using. It runs on Windows, MAC and Linux etc.
So, having set the background, lets get started.
Step 1: Press Start
Step 2: Type cmd. Hit enter on the small black icon which is shown.
Step 3: Type 'towel.blinkenlights.nl' (without quotes, and hit enter)
Step 4: There is actually no step 4!, just connection to the internet would suffice. Your cmd prompt will establish connection and the next screen would be as shown below
Today I am going to share a simple command prompt (referred as 'cmd' throughout the text) command 'telnet'. Well, we all know it's used for connecting to remote machines, blah blah... but in real sense, many of us have not gone beyond our textbooks and feel how telnet works. In this blog, we are going to learn to play ASCII based 'star wars' using the command prompt. (By the way, we all know cmd is CUI, Character User Interface, so it should be understood that we are going to see text only).
To begin, first make sure that 'Telnet' is ON in your system.
For that go to Start-> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on and off -> (Check) Telnet Client -> OK
After this you can start Telnet via cmd.
One more thing, you need to be connected to web to play around with this command. Also as the telnet server is on the web, it doesn't matter what platform are you using. It runs on Windows, MAC and Linux etc.
So, having set the background, lets get started.
Step 1: Press Start
Step 2: Type cmd. Hit enter on the small black icon which is shown.
Step 3: Type 'towel.blinkenlights.nl' (without quotes, and hit enter)
Step 4: There is actually no step 4!, just connection to the internet would suffice. Your cmd prompt will establish connection and the next screen would be as shown below
The next screen which would prompt will be as shown below:
There you are, ready to enjoy movie on a text interface and thinking why on Earth did we need that.
Well, if you come up with a genuine reason, do post it.
Till then
adiós
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