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Mac phags:

In Finder, go to Applications -> Terminal

Type telnet and the address and port number as above.

Linux phags:

? which telnet

If there's no response, you'll have to install it with whatever package manager your system uses. For Debian:

? apt-get update
? apt-get install telnet

Then type telnet and the address and port number as above.