elmquist@nachos.SSESCO.com (Chris Elmquist) (09/20/90)
Does anyone know of a program that runs on Novell and works like the UNIX 'talk' program or the VMS 'phone' utility? These programs allow keyboard to keyboard conversations to take place across the network. You typically get a split screen display...with things you type on the bottom half and things the other guy types on the upper half. They can either work in character at a time mode where you see every keystroke (and every typing mistake too) or in 'line at a time mode' where you don't see what the other guy typed until he hits return. Anyone have anything like this for DOS and Novell? I'm looking for a freebie/shareware of course... but I might buy something too... --Chris elmquist@nachos.ssesco.com
crowed@ECE.ORST.EDU (David Crowe Jr.) (09/20/90)
There is a nice CHAT program on SIMTEL (I got it from the wuarchive.wustl.edu mirror site) in PD1:<MSDOS.LAN> directory and the file name was CHAT205.ZIP. This program is very similar to Unix style talk - split screen display working a character at a time. It works in some nice Novell and DOS specifics to select the user to request. At my site, many users have begun using it instead of the phone. The only thing I would like to see improved is a capability to select the server used for querying active connections. Otherwise it has been a very nice utility. David Crowe, Jr. Network Manager, College of Engr. Oregon State University email: crowed@ece.orst.edu
martin@hq.af.mil (Gregory.J.Martin) (09/20/90)
In article <20382@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> crowed@ECE.ORST.EDU (David Crowe Jr.) writes: > >At my site, many users have begun using it instead of the phone. > The Banyan VINES NOS comes with a "CHAT" program that allows conference "calls" with up to five users. But I have to say, Chat drives me nuts. I can be on and off the phone with someone in less than 1/5 the time it takes for the same conversation using Chat. Since I don't know two many people who can type or read as fast as they can talk and listen, it just seems to waste a lot of time. Unless, of course, you're talking about someone and don't want to say nasty things about them out loud. 8-) ...Greg (martin@hq.af.mil)