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From: cliff@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: several questions
Summary: one answer to several questions
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Date: 2 Mar 90 14:32:52 GMT
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In article <1881@skye.ed.ac.uk>, richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
> (Machine: RS2030)
> 
> (3) Why do the ptys start at ttyq0?  (The ttyp? terminals exist, but
>     don't seem to be used.)
  
  Yeah.... I've wondered this one too!

> 
> (5) talk(1) doesn't seem to work between the RS2030 and Suns.  I
>     assume this is because of a protocol difference.  What's the
>     simplest way to get it working (preferably without changing the
>     Suns)?

  SUN (STILL!) uses the old talk protocol (check your /etc/services file -
  you should see that talk runs on 517/udp).  4.3BSD uses the newer protocol
  "ntalk" on 518/udp.  The simplest solution, if you are a BSD source site,
  (and if your MIPS are on that license) would be to bring up the 4.2BSD
  talk system.

  (I have one VAX here running native 4.3BSD and whenever people on the SUN's
  try "talk"ing to it, it lets the user know they should be using /usr/old/talk
  instead...)
  I hope this helps...

Cliff

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