thorstad@wooglin.scc.com (Brian Thorstad) (04/21/89)
I have a Sun386i (OS 4.0.1) and 'talk' between a Sun3 (OS 3.5) with no problems. Brian Thorstad Contel Federal Systems (thorstad@wooglin.scc.com)
pat@decwrl.dec.com (Pat Lashley) (04/27/89)
anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 208, message 15 of 22 > >I don't seem to be able to get 'talk' to work between a 386i (OS 4.0.1) >and sun 3's and 4's (also 4.0.1). The 3's and 4's talk to each other, but >when the 386i tries to initiate a connection, it doesn't work. The initial [Description of symptoms deleted] >[[ Are you surprised? I'm not. Most implementations of talk ignore the >"trivial" issue of machine versus network byte ordering. --wnl ]] I have no trouble initiating a talk from my 386i (OS 4.0.1) to any of our Sun3s (OS 3.5), but when I try to talk to our Sun3E (OS 4.0) I get the symptoms you describe. At least this narrows the field of search... --- Reply to address below - DO NOT auto-route --- Copyright (c) 1989 PM Lashley under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence PMLashley ...{sun | megatest | sts | zygot}!cohesive!kla!pat KLA Instruments Corp. Santa Clara, CA 95052 +1 408 988 6100