16 Nov
1999
16 Nov
'99
5:39 a.m.
Well, TALK is an old command so, maybe it's not
off topic....
Can anyone tell me what's going on...
When I "talk wolf(a)hera.dominion.net"quot;, it SEEMS to make a connection then I
get "[Checking for invitation on caller's machine]" and it sits there...
mocking me. (Stupid machine).
Talk works fine when myself and the person I am trying to contact are on
the same machine.
What is the deal?
1. Talk has a problem. It's byte order dependant and old.
It only works with machines of the same byte order. The fix is
(I believe) ytalk which is a new version of the talk program.
Bill