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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: looking for old "talk" (BSD 4.2) for IRIX4.0.5
- Message-ID: <p89kt7k@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Keywords: talk, BSD
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Aug30.203414.9048@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 02:40:57 GMT
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- In <1992Aug30.203414.9048@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> doctor@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Terry Fong) writes:
- | I am looking for the old "talk" program (BSD 4.2 I believe). The
- | version included with IRIX4.0.5 is new talk ("ntalk") but since I have
- | many machines that are brain-damaged and only speak old talk, I am
- | looking for a version that will run on my SGI's. If you have the old
- | talk built, could you please send me a note my way
- | (terry@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov).
-
- Better to get the new talk protocol source from ftp.uu.net and
- replace the ones on your 'brain-damaged' systems, since the newer
- protocol is becoming more and more common.
-
- | I've already tried to build the old talk from sources on
- | gatekeeper.dec.com (/pub/bsd-sources/ucb/talk), but I've been unable
- | to get it to compile under IRIX 4.0.5 (problems with BSD signals and
- | all).
-
- See 'man signal'; basicly you need to compile with -D_BSD_COMPAT or
- -D_BSD_SIGNALS to get the bsd signal behavior.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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