7 Sep
2018
7 Sep
'18
7:22 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On
Behalf Of Paul Koning
Sent: 07 September 2018 18:00
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: jhj at reagan.com
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multics online as node 1.770 (BANAI)
such a
On Sep 6, 2018, at 7:47 PM, Jeffrey H. Johnson
<jhj at trnsz.com> wrote:
...
Other things being worked and in various stages of completion are X.25
networking
and IBM 3270 terminal support. If we can complete the X.25
support, I envision creating a 'BAN X.25 PSDN', a virtual hobbyist
Telenet/Tymnet-like PSN network for X.25 systems. There are other exciting
Multics projects in progress by other parties as well.
X.25 is basically a datalink layer (HDLC with some tweaks). What would virtual network look like? I figure something like
tunneling X.25
semantics
over TCP, or something along those lines. Or sending
approximate X.25
PDUs
over UDP, the way the SIMH DDCMP implementation does
for that data link.
Isn't X.25 is a network layer. Virtual Circuits span multiple HDLC links.
Not sure if RFC1086 or RFC11356 are still relevant.
If you get this working, it would maybe open up the possibility of
reviving the
DECnet over X.25 machinery. :-)
paul
Dave