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From: loci@killer.UUCP (loci!clb)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: talk program won't
Summary: talk program panic's unix-pc
Keywords: talk -- Nigel Holder
Message-ID: <4620@killer.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 88 21:56:06 GMT
References: <526@ontenv.UUCP> <523@hrc63.co.uk>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <523@hrc63.co.uk>, nwh@hrc63.co.uk (Nigel Holder "Marconi") writes:
>   Well - I seem to remember something about unsigned and signed bytes
> playing havoc with certain systems - the system talk was written on
> only had one of the above.  Hope this helps 
> 

	Using "talk" on my UNIXPC (sysV, vers 3.0) works for a while
	and then panic's the system with a timer table overflow,
	or at least that's what I summize from the message.

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