TCPTALK
(ver unknown)
Abandoned Freeware



TCPTALK is a visual communication program, originally developed for 
UNIX users ("talkd") which copies lines from your DOS computer, via
a TCP/IP network, to that of another users computer running Talk.  
You must have a "WATTCP.CFG" file in the same directory as TCPTALK.  
The Wattcp file needs to first be configured with your IP information.  


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On a UNIX computer, this is how Talk would function...

Options available:

	person
    		If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then person 
		is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user 	
		on another host, then person is of the form `user@host' 

	ttyname
    		If you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the 
		ttyname argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal 
		name, where ttyname is of the form `ttyXX' or `pts/X' 


When first called, talk contacts the talk daemon on the other user's machine, 
which sends the message

    Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
    talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
    talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine

to that user. At this point, he then replies by typing

    talk your_name@your_machine

It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as long as his login 
name is the same. Once communication is established, the two parties may type 
simultaneously; their output will appear in separate windows.