RexxTelnet

RexxTelnet is a lightweight, ARexx-scriptable Telnet client for classic AmigaOS.

The project is designed around two equally important use cases:

1. an interactive Telnet client for BBS and other character-oriented services;
2. an automation client that can be driven through an ARexx port.

Target

• AmigaOS 2.04 or newer
• Motorola 68000 minimum target
• TCP/IP through bsdsocket.library
• no FPU requirement
• small memory footprint
• Bebbo GCC-compatible build

The initial ARexx port name is:

REXXTELNET

Status

• M0 foundation: complete
• M1 TCP session core: implemented
• M1.1 session integration/hardening: implemented

Current core capabilities include Telnet framing, deterministic option negotiation, IAC escaping, portable TCP transport interfaces, an Amiga bsdsocket.library backend, and a session pump that preserves parser state across receive boundaries.

Planned ARexx surface

ADDRESS REXXTELNET
'CONNECT bbs.example.org 23'
'WAITFOR "login:" 10'
'SENDLINE "guest"'
'STATUS'
'DISCONNECT'

The command surface is intentionally specified before the ARexx transport implementation so scripts can remain stable as implementation work progresses.

Build

Host-side protocol tests:

make check

The production target remains -m68000.

License

MIT.