--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Thomas"
<rthomas@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Adam:
> I did it!
> telnet localhost 3050
> A blank window came up just as you said. My reader read what was

likely the

> window title, something about telenet win32 or something but I have

just

> enough vision left to have seen a black window pop up and stay there

until I

> Exited it.

Good, it means that something is listening to 3050 (probably Firebird
if you haven't installed something else against that port).

> So that's what telnet is!

Not exactly, but it does the job. It is like using a toothbrush to
clean a car wheel. Not what it is designed for, but it does the job.

Adam