Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!stc!root44!hrc63!nwh From: nwh@hrc63.co.uk (Nigel Holder "Marconi") Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Subject: Re: talk program won't Summary: Off the cuff remark Keywords: talk -- Nigel Holder Message-ID: <523@hrc63.co.uk> Date: 24 Jun 88 15:16:45 GMT References: <526@ontenv.UUCP> Organization: GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, England. Lines: 18 In article <526@ontenv.UUCP>, soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes: > A while ago somone posted to the net a talk(1) for system V that used > named pipes which I dutifully stuffed away for future reference. > Unfortunately it seems I didn't stuff away the the header so I can't say for > sure which group it was in. The only reference I have is the author's > name, Nigel Holder. 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 Nigel Holder UK JANET: yf21@uk.co.gec-mrc.u Marconi Research, ARPA: yf21%u.gec-mrc.co.uk@ucl-cs Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 8HN. +44 245 73331 ext. 3219 / 3214