Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:56:19 +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.3.91.960618205025.8688A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199606181632.KAA02174@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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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? With great thanx, Sander PS. Got to make a handbook entry out of this hassle... > > Nate >
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