Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 19:34:44 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618193058.7253C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199606181612.KAA02044@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Nate Williams wrote: > > I am having problems with talk between a FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE machine > > and a Sun4M running SunOS 5.5 (or so the uname reports). The problem is - > > it is not possible to either talk from FreeBSD to the sun (using talk > > user@sun.machine) or from the Sun to FreeBSD (using talk > > user@freebsd.machine). > > 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? > > You could install a newer talk on the Sun's if it's really important. I can't do anything on the Sun - I don't even have an account on it, but it's my users who complain... Perhaps there is a way of getting that /usr/old/talk? Sander > > Nate >
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