In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes: > Well - this is just about the stupidest computer > question I've ever asked... but here goes.. > > I can NOT figure out how to connect to foreign hosts > using (the "new") telnet using numerical addresses: > ie: 129.74.116 , etc. > You are missing a number somewhere. Internet addresses are 32-bit integers, and they break down into 4 dotted decimal digits. Notice the following transcript: Spawning subprocess Trying... [129.74.0.116] %MULTINET-F-ETIMEDOUT, Connection timed out It is looking for another digit, but it assumed a 0. John -- Drivel of the year: "...DOS is utterly unable to handle more than 1MB of memory. Removing this limitation from DOS would result in something that just _isn't_ DOS any more--it wouldn't run existing DOS programs." -PC Mag, Nov 23, 1993. ---> OS/2? - what DOS could have been and would like to be.