Have you tried minimizing the Telnet window (and everything else for
that matter)? I seem to remember having this problem when there was
the "connect" dialog box behind the telnet window waiting for input.
73 Carsten, DL1EFD/G0SYP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill K2OWR
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters
>
> :::: I have noticed the same "oddity" in the Telnet
> connection. In fact, the only way I could find to close it in
> windows XP was to ctrl/alt/delete and use that method.
> BILL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> To: "Edward Taylor" <Phinehas@columbus.rr.com>
> Cc: <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 18:04
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] DX clusters
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Edward Taylor
> <Phinehas@columbus.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > As I was trying out the different clusters that several of you
> > recommended, I found that I could not exit (shut off) the
> cluster. If I
> > hit file > exit, it merely minimized the window but did not
> disconnect
> > from the telnet source. If I opened the telnet window again
> to connect to
> > a new telnet, then I had two telnet window open, one still
> minimized, and
> > so on and so forth. At one time I had k3lr.com, ve7cc.net
> and dxc.k1ea.com
> > all minimized at the taskbar at the bottom of my screen.
> >
> > If I have one source crash during a contest and want to go
> to another, I
> > don't know what to do short of closing down WriteLog and
> re-opening it.
>
> I use the VE7CC "cluster user" front-end:
>
> http://www.ve7cc.net
>
> It has a built-in list of clusters you can reach via Telnet. If the
> connection crashes, then just have VE7CC re-connect (or connect to a
> new node). The connection between WriteLog and the VE7CC program will
> NEVER go down.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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