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- From: ajt@puffin.doc.ic.ac.uk (Tony Travis)
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- Subject: Re: talk/ytalk
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- Date: 28 Jul 92 16:37:08 GMT
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- gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman) writes:
- : Has anyone managed to find/compile a "talk" program to Linux? I just
- : made a valiant attempt at porting ytalk 2.0 to Linux, but it appears
- : that we're missing some vital network kernel support (stuff like recv,
- : sendto, gethostbyname, getservbyname). Is there something out there
- : that provides the same function (talking) that is easier to port?
- : Thanks..
-
- I'm using the talk posted to comp.os.minix a while ago which just needed
- sgtty.h things changing to termios.h things for gcc 2.2.2 under Linux 0.96c
-
- I can't remember the author or version, but it should be in your local
- Minix archive. I've used it to talk to people who have dialed in to my
- PC over a modem and it seems to work ok.
-
- Tony
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