Is there anyway to configure telnet so your able to actually see what your typing?

Turn on Localecho. I'm pretty sure the command is "set localecho". That's if you are running telnet from the run dialog box.

Start > Run > cmd
telnet
set localecho
set term ansi
open www.lusternia.com 23

Getting a "16 bit subsystem" error when I just try to start>run>cmd

I can go straight to telnet through run, though. I can set the local echo in telnet and ansi just IN telnet, but it seems when I connect to lusternia the local echo goes away, and I cant see what I'm typing. Is there anyway to set the echo from inside lusternia while using telnet?

My goal is to be able to play full screen telnet while being able to see my input.

It's a bug in winxp telnet. it hides your typing for entering a password and then doesn't unhide. Once you've connected to lusternia type the escape key combo "Ctrl + ]" which switches you back to command mode, then type "set localecho" and then press enter twice to return to lusternia, you should now see what you are typing.

Thanks so much Caffrey, that solved it.

You rock

Thats odd I didn't think Rapture sent Don't Echo on the password line.

I think the code simply tags it as a password field, and it's the client that decides wether or not to blank it out. Could be wrong.

And I blame Windows!

Telnet isn't that intelligent of a system, doesn't know about tagging text, only the options. Normally what happens is the server offers WILL ECHO, which kills the client's localecho, and then just doesn't send anything back when the password is typed. After that, it sends WONT ECHO, but the telnet client apparently isn't smart enough to remember that it needs localecho again, so nothing gets echoed at all after that.

I've not used raw telnet to login to a Rapture game, so I might try it here at some point. My normal client will display the telnet messages if asked to, so I'll try it out tonight and get back on that.