pistolero on Nostr: Had to stand up a server, was coordinating the setup with someone, fellow old-timey ...

Had to stand up a server, was coordinating the setup with someone, fellow old-timey Unix guy. I shoved (as I usually do) some `figlet|tr|sed` thing into /etc/motd, he logged in and wall(1)'d me, I asked him if he remembered talk(1) on Solaris. Turns out that, although it has gone fallow about twenty years ago ( https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/netkit , http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/ , needs patches to compile in $current_year), the Debuntu people still maintain it, so you can `apt-get install talk talkd` and it works and you can talk to each other.

I don't think I have used talk(1) since the 90s. I am completely delighted. I had a delightful experience.
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