Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:14:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960618121048.713m-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618205025.8688A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Narvi wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Nate Williams wrote: > > > [ Talk problems Sun <-> FreeBSD ] > > > > > > That's because Sun uses a *very* old (6-7 years) version of talk that > > > > doesn't work over machines that use different byte orders, sucn as Sun's > > > > and PC's. The *ONLY* machines that Sun's will 'talk' to are other suns. > > > > > > Now that's awfull!!! Weren't the things meant to be consistent in the use > > > of byte order? > > > > They were once it was figured out, but Sun never shipped the new > > versions since it's *NOT* backwards compatible with the old version. :( > > > > > Perhaps there is a way of getting that /usr/old/talk? > > > > I'm not sure, but ytalk *might* be able to talk to the Suns. Someone > > with more experience in that matter may be able to verify that. > > Download ytalk and check the docs. > > > > Thanx, it did help - but unfortunately it goes only half the way. Ytalk > is able to connect to the Sun (I type talk on the FreeBSD machine -> > respond with talk: ... apears on the screen of the user logged into the > sun, but when she (or he - it changes nothing which user) responds, the > talk session just hangs on her/his part. > > So I still need a talk daemon capable of receiving "old" talk requests. > Any ideas whetever sources for the 4.2BSD compatible talk daemon might be > available? Or any work on the ytalk daemon mentioned in the docs? Before FreeBSD was out (Thanks to Jordan for telling me about it!), I used to run Linux and there was a guy at GNU i met through the gnu finger author that was developing a gnu talkd and I ran it that handled both port 517 and 518 talk requests and was able to output out of your soundcard too and it works on all unix platforms.... too bad I lost it and his address when FreeBSD 1.0 Gamma came out.... Maybe someone else knows... Vince System Administration/GaiaNet Corporation
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