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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!crash!fredbox!cyb!loodvrij From: cyb!loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Are there any ntalk users? Message-ID: <6yu93B2w165w@cyb.cojones.com> Date: Sat, 08 May 93 10:38:40 ADT References: <1sdhp2$j35@lobster.sid.mcet.edu> Organization: The Cacophonous Yodellers' BBS - (907) 338-4942 Lines: 23 johnj@lobster.sid.mcet.edu (John Jackson) writes: > Alexander King Tang (altitude@css.itd.umich.edu) wrote: > : If I'm right, you are most likely trying to talk to people on Suns. Talk > : between systems running SunOS (4.1) and systems running 4.3BSD doesn't work > : I've found that if you try to talk between these two systems, that it gets > : the "Checking for invitation on callers machine" and hangs there. > > One way that I've heard people fix this is to throw the talk that Sun's come > and replace it with the talk that can be found in the Berkeley Net2 stuff. > You can get it from ftp.uu.net. > > -John > Why throw the old one away? They use different ports don't they? You could just run them side by side, that way you'd still be able to talk to old Suns. Bruce -- _______________________________ Bruce J. Keeler (Ye Olde British Weirdo) | "We are the knights who say: | Internet: cyb!loodvrij@fredbox.cts.com | COBOL !!!!!" | Voice: (907) 337-8193, Place: Anchorage, AK |_______________________________|