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[gptesler@Athena.MIT.EDU: decmips 7.4G: talk.old seems to have been renamed otalk]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Tue Jul 14 23:08:34 1992
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 23:08:21 -0400
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: rel-eng@Athena.MIT.EDU
I can make a guess -- otalk was provided as part of the base software
with Ultrix, and DEC changed the name?
Otherwise, why did we change it?
jik
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From: gptesler@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: decmips 7.4G: talk.old seems to have been renamed otalk
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 23:04:42 EDT
System name: w20-575-38
Type and version: KN02ca 7.4G
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
[Please replace this line with your information.]
What's wrong:
On the DEC 5000/25 with Athena 7.4, there is no talk.old, but there
is otalk. I checked an RT under 7.4, and it was still called talk.old.
What should have happened:
Probably otalk should be renamed talk.old to be compatible with
other 7.4 platforms and previous athena releases, but if there's some
reason not to do this, at least it should be documented somewhere obvious.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
The name "talk.old" _is_ explicitly mentioned in the only place I
could find useful information on "talk" in olh:
Consultant's Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
NETWORKS Answers
Using TALK to communicate with other users
That the program name has apparently changed is not documented in
the 7.4 release notes available under olh (or I missed it when examining them):
Release Notes, Schedules, and Other News
Athena 7.4 Release (June 1992) [DRAFT]
System Release Notes -- Full Document (DRAFT)
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