Telnet

Telnet is one of the most interesting and archaic Internet protocols that I have seen. It reminds me of the old adventure rpgs from the late 80s. You'd have a blank screen with a few words of texts the required commands like "Head South". All the imagery has to happen within your head, like reading a book. The same goes for telnet. As opposed to seeing all the pretty browser buttons and tabs you have a basic command prompt box. Despite its simplicity, telnet can be used to access email, websites and even hack into other users information. Like a transformer, there's more than meets the eye.

Text adventures can be found at this website: textadventures.co.uk