unrelated but this reminded me of my favourite telnet server: towel.blinkenlights.nl
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#12Since when does macOS not have telnet built in?
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#13unrelated but this reminded me of my favourite telnet server: towel.blinkenlights.nl
If you have ipv6 then it plays in colour and has some extra scenes :)
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#14Very cool! It can become an engine for playing board game online, which don't have critical timing requirements. Is it also possible for tui-based MMO?
> tui-based MMO As in, a MUD [1]? There are still a few around. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
There are several MUDs you can play from telnet or your browser on Grapevine.
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#16Reminds me of SSHTron http://sshtron.zachlatta.com/
If it's still around (on an iPad and can't check at the moment) ...
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#17Since when does macOS not have telnet built in?
High Sierra if I’m not mistaken. FTP was also dropped
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#18Since when does macOS not have telnet built in?
High Sierra, apparently.
Here some ideas to get it back, the most straighforward for home brewers being `brew install telnet` :
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#19Very cool! It can become an engine for playing board game online, which don't have critical timing requirements. Is it also possible for tui-based MMO?
> tui-based MMO As in, a MUD [1]? There are still a few around. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
A MUD is a text adventure - as in, requires lines of prose commands.
I believe a TUI MMO, in this sense, would be closer to a Roguelike or an action RPG, since it can process key presses directly without linebreaks.
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#20Too many connections!..... Disconnected :-(