How can I keep terminal input and output separate. So that what I am typing does not get confused by output

What I mean by that is when a program is running (let's say, telnet), any inputted text gets lost when something is written on the screen. For example, on a chat server, I type *> Hey, I'd like to ask y* Suddenly I receive a string, and now my screen looks like this *> Hey, I'd like to ask yHey, what's up?* I can still continue to write and hit return to successfully send the string, but I'd like to have my input move down like so *Hey, what's up?* *> Hey' I'd like to ask y* How can I do that? I use bash and lxterminal **UPDATE** So here's a quick and dirty solution: anytime your input gets lost, press

^R

to recover it.