I know there are quite a few of you still using telnet for some reason that escapes be. But if you are going to use it atleast use local echo so you can see what you are typing.
When you connect press CTRL+] , this will take you to the interactive telnet terminal (don't worry you have not logged out of the game).
Type set localecho and press enter TWICE, this will return you to the game and now you can see what the heck you are typing.
Note: You have to do this every time you open a telnet window.
Enabling Local Echo in Telnet
If you wanna be a cool kid, though, and not use plain telnet, try out Portal! http://www.gameaxle.com. It's a nice client that I use myself.
Gatz Seijuro,
Owner of NarutoMUD
Owner of NarutoMUD
Well you could also use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client_support_table as your starting point to see what you are looking from mud client and search for one of em from the web and try the one out that is good for you.