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+FCTelnet
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+This is a IIgs telnet client I wrote circa 2004.  I recently dusted it
+off and fixed a couple telnet negotiation bugs.
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+It uses 4-color 640x200 graphics, which means it's slower than text but
+has twice as many colors!
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+Characters are 8 pixels wide (80 x 8 = 640) which is a bit heavy on the
+character spacing, but the drawing is simpler than 7 pixel characters.
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