Re: Wanted: Talk client for ST

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From: Frank Charlton
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <815235708_OASIS_@bpfd.demon.co.uk>,
steve@bpfd.demon.co.uk (Steve Taylor) wrote:

>Ok so how hard would it be to write a (graphical?) Talk client to 
>operate on the ST under STiK being the superbly modular TCP/IP layer 
>that it is, or ever through NOS?
>
>It is obviously well beyond my capabilities but it strikes me that it 
>should be one of the easier protocols to implement by someone who does 
>that type of thing.

It should be fairly easy for a competent C programmer to port one of the
UNIX sources for talk to work under STiK. I imagine that Steve Adam (STiK
author) could easily do it, but has higher priorities like getting mail,
news, ftp etc. to work first.

ATB, Frank.

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From: de18@dial.pipex.com (Frank Charlton)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Talk client for ST
Date: 1995/11/06
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