diff --git a/usr.bin/tip/tip/cmds.c b/usr.bin/tip/tip/cmds.c
index ea24a53f840..2141dfc0dbf 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tip/tip/cmds.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tip/tip/cmds.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)cmds.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
 #endif
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id: cmds.c,v 1.6 1997/08/26 10:25:16 eivind Exp $";
+	"$Id: cmds.c,v 1.7 1998/06/09 04:28:02 imp Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include "tipconf.h"
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ transmit(fd, eofchars, command)
 			printf("\r%d", ++lcount);
 		if (boolean(value(ECHOCHECK))) {
 			timedout = 0;
-			alarm((int)value(ETIMEOUT));
+			alarm(number(value(ETIMEOUT)));
 			do {	/* wait for prompt */
 				read(FD, (char *)&c, 1);
 				if (timedout || stop) {
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ send(c)
 	}
 tryagain:
 	timedout = 0;
-	alarm((int)value(ETIMEOUT));
+	alarm(number(value(ETIMEOUT)));
 	read(FD, &cc, 1);
 	alarm(0);
 	if (timedout) {
diff --git a/usr.bin/tip/tip/value.c b/usr.bin/tip/tip/value.c
index 5b8cae9e539..52bcfeba1e6 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tip/tip/value.c
+++ b/usr.bin/tip/tip/value.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)value.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
 #endif
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id$";
+	"$Id: value.c,v 1.3 1997/08/18 07:16:12 charnier Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include "tip.h"
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ vinit()
 			if ((cp = getenv(p->v_name)))
 				p->v_value = cp;
 		if (p->v_type&IREMOTE)
-			number(p->v_value) = *address(p->v_value);
+			if (p->v_type&STRING)
+				p->v_value = *(char **) address(p->v_value);
+			else
+				number(p->v_value) = *address(p->v_value);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Read the .tiprc file in the HOME directory