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From: winans@sirius.mcs.anl.gov (John Winans)
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Subject: Re: talk/finger from internet to bitnet
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Date: 8 Feb 91 15:30:15 GMT
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In article <1368@borg.cs.unc.edu> alexande@grover.cs.unc.edu (Geoffrey D. Alexander) writes:
>Can someone tell me tell if it's possible to talk or finger between an internet
>system running UNIX (SUNOS or ULTRIX) and a bitnet system running VM?  If so,
>how?

Bitnet is a batch only type of network (at least it was the last time I checked)
so, the answer is no.  The only thing you can really do is pass mail if you want
to have a conversation with someone on "the other side."

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