!NetTask version 0.07
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!NetTask is a simple desktop proggy that allows remote access to a taskwindow on your machine. Once loaded it will sit on the iconbar and listen for connections on the configured port; you can use a regular terminal program like telnet to connect to it. Note that this program currently isn't very user friendly.

To disconnect a client, click with select on the iconbar icon.
To end the program, click with adjust.

You can also configure an idle timeout, so that anyone who is idle for too long gets disconnected.

There is a maximum of one user at once; if a second user tries to connect then the first user will be disconnected. When a client is connected, their IP address will be shown on the iconbar icon.

Because it runs as a WIMP task, you are free to do many other everyday tasks while someone is using the taskwindow server. However if you leave the desktop then the server will stop responding.

Configuring
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Open the !RunImage file in your favourite text editor and change the following variables in the 'config stuff' section near the start of the file:

port%                  Port to listen on
idletimeout%           Timeout (in seconds) until idle clients are disconnected
login_prompt$          Text to display to users as they connect
password$              Password that users must enter
max_password_attempts% Total number of times an incorrect password can be
                       entered before the app self-terminates for safety

Other notes
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Character translation is rudimentary at best. You may need to tweak your terminal app until it works acceptably (or tweak !NetTask's source code :-P)

There's no accounting for send buffer overruns, so if you try sending large amounts of data (e.g. 'show *') then there will likely be errors.

Telnet protocol handling is minimal - so you may run into issues depending on what client you're using.

Credits
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Written by Jeffrey Lee, me@phlamethrower.co.uk
http://www.phlamethrower.co.uk/