I think my difficulties with talk and ytalk have been resolved... it turns
out the problem was related to my connecting to my ISP while my machine
locked.. Slackware's PPP script exchanges /etc/hosts with one of its
own... Thanks for the help resolving this problem.
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* * * 400/800/XL/XE Star Wars * SeaQuest * Voltron * Summer
* * * * * 2600/5200/7800 Star Trek * WarCraft II * SPARCstation 2
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