Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:32:00 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> 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: <199606181632.KAA02174@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618193058.7253C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> References: <199606181612.KAA02044@rocky.sri.MT.net> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618193058.7253C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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[ 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. Nate
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