Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:46:15 -0400 From: Charles Green <green@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun Message-ID: <199606181746.NAA13294@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> "Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun" (Jun 18, 10:12)
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Nate Williams stands accused of saying: } Date: Jun 18, 10:12 } Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun } > 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. } } You could install a newer talk on the Sun's if it's really important. } } } Nate }-- End of excerpt from Nate Williams Or use ytalk! -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming
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