VMS talking

[Johnny Billquist]

In <1991Apr8.180232.1158 at msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jap at convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes:

>In article <9104050136.AA01908 at churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> gwaldron at GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Glenn Waldron) writes:
>>What is the equivalent to a UNIX internet "talk" command
>>using a VMS system???
>>
>>Need an answer soon...  Thanks, Glenn.

>PHONE username

>But.... it does not network to unix TALK.
>It may (but I dunno) network to another PHONE over decnet.

Yup, you do:

PHONE [<machine>::]<username>

You can also check who is available by

DIR [<machine>::]