'Talk' command and protocol (useable replacement)

[Tony Nardo]

In article <651 at umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey at ub.d.umn.edu.UUCP (Rob Healey) writes:
>>In article <20431 at ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee at ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>>>I have the sources to phone (obtained from Jonathan back whenever)....
>	Have you people had any problems with the code? I snarfed a copy
>	off of eddie.mit.edu. It looks like it was written in the
>	"WHAT! There's other computers besides a VAX!" era. It bombs on
>	Sun's and an Encore Multimax, both 4.2 machines. The Sun works OK
>	some of the time but try holding a 3 or more conversation across the
>	network and ka-blewy...

Your version survived longer than either of mine did.  I'm using a Sun 4/110.
As soon as I typed in the word "phone" on each, I found myself looking at a
"watchdog reset" prompt.  Not a pretty sight.

Does anyone have a version of "phone" that WORKS for the Sun?
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