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From: dlb5404@tamuts.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf)
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Subject: Re: VMS talking
Summary: talk is a TCP/IP Thang.  VMS doesn't understand.
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Date: 8 Apr 91 19:28:37 GMT
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In article <1991Apr8.180232.1158@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes:
>In article <9104050136.AA01908@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> gwaldron@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Glenn Waldron) writes:
>>What is the equivalent to a UNIX internet "talk" command
>>using a VMS system???
>
>PHONE username
>
>But.... it does not network to unix TALK.
>It may (but I dunno) network to another PHONE over decnet.


Talk is a TCP/IP-based interactive conversation program.  PHONE is a similar
product offered by DEC for their VMS systems that uses DECnet.
DECnet and TCP/IP just don't deal with each other.

However, several companies (including Multinet and Excelan) make TCP/IP
networking products for VMS.  I know that the Multinet software comes
with a talk command as part of its included command set.  The only
gotcha is that it doesn't work with some hosts (most notably those
that run SunOS it seems).

--Daryl Biberdorf,  dlb5404@tamuts.tamu.edu
  Texas A&M University