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ZOC is a professional SSH/telnet client and terminal emulator. With its impressive list of emulations it lets you easily connect to hosts and mainframes, using communication methods like secure shell, telnet, serial cable or modem/isdn. ZOC is a telnet client and terminal emulator for Windows. Download this telnet and client and other communications software by Emtec - free trial versions are available.

Best Telnet Client For Mac

There are a number of freeware and sharewaretelnet clients for Mac OS. For informationabout the more popular clients, see below:

Free Ssh And Telnet Client For Mac

BetterTelnet: One of the more prominent successors of NCSA Telnet,BetterTelnet was developed by Rolf Braun and is stillavailable as freeware. Visit BetterTelnet's web site at:
MacSSH: MacSSH is an enhanced version of BetterTelnet that includessupport for SSH (version 2, only). You may download itfrom its web site at:
MacTelnet: Like BetterTelnet, MacTelnet is based on NCSA Telnet. Compared toBetterTelnet, it has a nice interface, but in general is less stable.Kevin Grant is developing MacTelnet; for more information, visit itsweb site at:
dataComet: dataComet is a flexible telnet application that also functions as aterminal emulator (like ZTerm) and TN3270client. A secure version is also available that supports Kerberizedtelnet and SSH. It is not free, but can be downloaded as shareware.For more information, see the dataComet web site at:
NCSA Telnet: NCSA Telnet was once the most popular telnet client for Mac OS, andseveral modern programs were originally based on its code. However,as development on it ceased in the mid-1990s, it isn't widely used anylonger. It is still available for download from: