Connecting

MUD Clients

Here are a few MUD clients: TinyFugue (UN*X or OS/2 - my favorite) MUD.el (UN*X using emacs - Nuts' choice) Pueblo (95 or win3.1 - best client for worst OS ;-) zMUD (95 or win3.1) GMUD (Windoze) MUDDweller (Mac) MacMOOSE (Mac) WinWorld (Windoze) SimpleMU (95 or win3.1) Autumn (win3.1)

You also might want to look at MUD Clients and Servers FAQ, MOO/MU** Clients, or MacOS MUD Clients.

Telnet Apps

[under construction. mail us if you use a cool one.]

Java Client

If you support Java, you can save downloading time by using a nice Java client. If you dont download Netscape with Java.

Sick Hack - Connecting with an IRC Client
(Thanks m0sh)

ircII/ircDough:

/ctcp <yourself> DCC CHAT CHAT 3351983365 2020

mIRC:

//raw privmsg $me : $+ $chr(1) $+ DCC CHAT CHAT $longip(192.115.77.150) 2020 $+ $chr(1)

Connecting for the First Time

Once you get your software set up telnet (or whatever) to moo.afterdark.co.il port 2020 and at the login screen type:

connect guest

Hopfully, you're in!

Trouble Shooting

Help! I can't see what I'm typing!

You should turn on the "Local Echo" in your client. Though some people prefer not seeing the things they type.

Where^H^Hre is My^H^H #$&%^!! shit!// Where is my BACKSPACE!?

Try looking in your client's options to enable the BS. Try using DEL. Try using Ctrl-H. Try using a combination of Ctrl Alt or Shift with DEL or BS (Note: Ctrl-BS seems to work alot. Also on some computers Ctrl-Alt-DEL will not work well as a backspace). If nothing seems to work get a new client or learn to type.

Woahhh! Everything is scrolling off my screen really quickly!

If you cannot scroll back, get a new client, or type:

@pagelength <NUM>

Where NUM is the length of your screen (25 lines in text mode). This way, the MOO will limit the lines sent to your client, and to see the remaining lines use:

@more

To turn off page buffering use:

@pagelength 0

(Note: It's better to get a new client).

The text seems to get cut off at the end of lines on my scree...

If your client cannot support word wrap, get a new client, or type:

@wrap on @linelength <NUM>

Where NUM is the width of your screen (80 charcters in text mode). To turn off word wrap use:

@wrap off

(Note: @wrap sucks, get a new client)

Cut n' paste, editing, command history, macros, multitasking, scripts, and other goodies - all come with the client, and operating system you use.

For the lovable newbies using telnet on a shell account:

Suspending Telnet: Either by Ctrl-Z (suspends a task) or Ctrl-] to go to the telnet command line:

"BRB, getting a file. You say, "BRB, getting a file." ^] telnet>z [1]+ Stopped telnet moo.afterdark.co.il 2020 machshevool/~$ jobs [1]+ Stopped telnet moo.afterdark.co.il 2020 machshevool/~$

/*....do all your multitasking....*/

machshevool:~$ jobs [1]+ Stopped telnet moo.afterdark.co.il 2020 [2]- Stopped ftp nether.net & [3]- Stopped lynx http://www.huji.ac.il machshevool/~$ bg %2 [2]+ ftp nether.net & machshevool:~$ jobs [1]+ Stopped telnet moo.afterdark.co.il 2020 [2]- Running ftp nether.net & [3]- Stopped lynx http://www.huji.ac.il machshevool:~$ fg %1 telnet moo.afterdark.co.il 2020 "i'm ba-ack! You say, "i'm ba-ack!"

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Updated: 2/5/97
By: CopyCat(#2)<copycat@moo.afterdark.co.il>