broken Win32 telnet client

[Steven Campbell <campbel@cmn.toronto.on.ca>]

I am having some pretty nasty terminal emulation problems whenever I telnet
to just about any UNIX or UNIX-like OS. This is nothing specifically wrong
with OpenBSD. The difficulties I describe also occur when I telnet to a
Novell UnixWare machine. I am using Micro$oft's Win32 Telnet.exe, which I
realize could be the problem. (In fact, probably IS the problem).

When I run vi, or more a file, the last line is never displayed. I have to
do a series or ^R and ^L or go forward and backward in the file to find out
which line I am truly editing. I have often edited a file, only to discover
I made changes to the wrong line. Ex and/or ed work fine. 
And the backspace doesn't work. Delete functions like the backspace, and
the backspace prints out ^H.

I am using vt100 terminals, which I realize doesn't match OpenBSD's default
of vt220, but my only other choice is ANSI or ansi or DEC-vt100. These
terminals net the same result.

Can anybody out there suggest a saner telnet client and/or some terminal
tweaks to get some basic terminal functions operating properly?

Thanks,


Steven Campbell,
Manager of Computing Services,
J&A Media Services,
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.