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From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Multiple versions of TALK? (was: Major bug in TALK on WIN/TCP for VMS)
Message-ID: <14957@ucsd.Edu>
Date: 3 Jul 90 20:07:10 GMT
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There are two talk programs using two different protocols; the older
one still found on Suns and such is architecture and compiler dependent
and often won't work across heterogeneous hosts.  The newer talk will
work in such an environment but not everyone has it.  Since it's part
of the great Berkeley giveaway, you should get the newer talk and
install it.  It can coexist with the older talk because it lives on a
different port and has a different name.  4.3-Tahoe-BSD comes with both.
	- Brian