Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!husc6!mit-eddie!killer!loci 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 Lines: 14 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. -- CLBrunow - KA5SOF Loci Products, POB 833846-131, Richardson, Texas 75083 clb@loci.uucp, loci@killer.uucp, loci@csccat.uucp