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From: paul@osu-eddie.UUCP (Paul Placeway)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: talk problems between SUN and uVAX - (nf)
Message-ID: <2908@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 14:17:54 EST
Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.2908
Posted: Thu Jan 15 14:17:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 03:42:36 EST
References: <16784@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <300@boulder.UUCP> <2555@phri.UUCP>
Reply-To: paul@osu-eddie.UUCP (Paul Placeway)
Organization: The Ohio State University, CIS Dept.
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In article <2555@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>	I vaugely remember there being a talk-like facility on a TOPS-10
>system I used back around 1976.  It wasn't screen oriented, but it had the
>ability to have multi-way conversations with each person's contributions
>being copied to all the other terminals involved (there could be more than
>just 2), preceeded by the name of the person "talking".  I don't remember
>for sure, but I think it was line-by-line buffered.  Does anybody remember
>more about this?
>Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy

Under Tops-20, there is even a better way.  When you talk with someone,
everything that is sent to your terminal (including the input echo) is also
sent to everyone else who is in on the conversation.  You just make a 
connection, and do stuff, and then break the connection when your done.
It makes demonstrating commands very easy.

There is, also a way to send your input to _thier_ job (read input queue),
and a way to observe (spy) someone without letting them know that you are
watching.  These are, of course, privileged programs...

			--P