diff -ur netkit-timed-0.17.orig/timed/timed/timed.c netkit-timed-0.17/timed/timed/timed.c
--- netkit-timed-0.17.orig/timed/timed/timed.c	2006-07-28 00:12:03.000000000 -0700
+++ netkit-timed-0.17/timed/timed/timed.c	2006-07-28 00:12:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 	struct nets *nt;
 	struct sockaddr_in server;
 	u_short port;
-	char c;
+	signed char c;
 #ifdef sgi
 	FILE *timetrim_st;
 #endif