help help ftpĪny command may be terminated by typing ^C (control-C). Including any modifier arguments that may be available. The HELP command provides one-line descriptions of command functions, Telnet traceroute type uptime usenet users You can type ? at any prompt to get a list of available one of the following: Message argument is optional (send will prompt for messages lines if youĭo not specify one on the command send forbin send 15 send forbin Means that a user or port must follow the send command, but that the In help messages, signifies required arguments to commands, whereas You may type DIR or dir to obtain a list of files. Commands are often shown in uppercase toĭistinguish them from surrounding text.
Please type STTY /tty after connection to switch telehack into a more Teletype This will invoke plain terminal mode in the Z-code games and avoid usingįor users connecting with Teletypes or other Teleprinter Terminal setups Non-sighted users: please type STTY /dumb after connecting to telehack. * FTP on port 21 (the standard ftp port) NOTE: The FTP server is RFC 959Ĭompliant and will likely not work with more modern FTP clients * HTTP on port 80 (the standard HTTP port)
* Telnet on ports 23 (the standard telnet port), 443, 1337, 803 Programs to run, simulated historical users, and more.
It is a full multi-user simulation, including 26,600 hosts and BBS'sįrom the early net, thousands of files from the era, a collection ofĪdventure and IF games, a working BASIC interpreter with a library of Telehack is a simulation of a stylized arpanet/usenet, circa 1985-1990. Here you can see a copy of the original telehack.txt file (dated 17 th of May, 2020), which can be found in the root directory of every user within the root Telehack system. Back before Wikis and Google, text files were the only way to learn anything. You can use it to get hints when you're stuck. Telehack.txt is the main help file for Telehack.