--- server.cc.orig      Thu Sep 16 16:50:51 1999
+++ server.cc   Thu Sep 16 17:00:39 1999
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 server::server(char *host, unsigned long port) {
	inbuf = 0;
	bzero(buf,BUFSIZE+1);
-	soc = connectto(host,port);
+	if((soc = connectto(host,port)) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot connect to host \"%s\"\n", host);
+	    exit(1);
+	}
 }

 int server::sockfd() {