The following examples show you how to set up your telnet session to work properly with bingo.
Open an xterm session.
Click on Options.
Click on Size.
Click on 80x24 (vt100).
Click on the window.
telnet to the Linux system where the bingo game runs.
Login to your userid.
Set your terminal type to vt100:
export TERM=vt100
Start the bingo game:
bingo 5
Click on the Start button.
Click on Run....
Open = telnet.
Click on OK.
Click on Terminal.
Click on Preferences....
Select VT-100/ANSI under Emulation.
Set Buffer Size to 16.
Click on OK.
Click on Connect.
Click on Remote System....
Host Name = the IP address of your Linux system.
Port = telnet.
Term Type = vt100.
Click on Connect.
Login to your userid.
Set your terminal type to vt100:
export TERM=vt100
Start the bingo game:
bingo 5
You can also play bingo over a telephone line. A good communication program, like minicom, allows you to emulate a VT100 terminal. After making a connection, you login under your userid and play the game as you would over a network.