There are 3 ways to connect to KIDDER, summarised in the panel on the left. The telnet option invokes your default telnet client, and you must choose this option if your browser is not Java enabled.
There are two options which use a split-screen Java applet. The normal Java option performs a standard Telnet connection to port 23, whilst the proxy option "wraps" the connection in HTTP, allowing it to be used from behind firewalls which block outgoing Telnet connections. Whilst anyone is welcome to look around this system, U.K. Amateur Radio licencing restrictions prohibit the use of Amateur Radio frequencies by unlicensed people, therefore users with "guest" status are prevented from downlinking to other systems. |