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TCP-Group Digest Fri, 15 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 268
Today's Topics:
Packet Standards
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 14:35:44 -0600 (MDT)
From: William Ti Baggett <wbaggett@nmsu.edu>
Subject: Packet Standards
To: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 11:44:57 BST
> From: eeyimkn@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (Mike Knell)
> Subject: Packet Standards
> To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
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> (Copy to: tcp-group@ucsd.edu, rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc, AUTHOR@WW)
>
> Hi people,
> At the recent UK Sysop's meeting, it was decided that it was time to
> start working towards a unified system for the publication of the
> various standards used in packet. I, for my sins, have been given this
> job :-)
>
> At the moment, it can be difficult or impossible to find those
> standards documents that do exist for packet radio, as they have
> either never been written or are tucked away on obscure FTP archives..
> When a new software author wants to find out how the forwarding
> protocols work, and the real nitty-gritty such as "how many characters
> may a BID have?" it can be impossible to find out. It's a shame, as
> this will only breed lots of new mutually incompatible systems. We've
> seen the beginning of this already with the FBB/NNA forwarding thing,
> and the BID question provoked a huge flamewar recently on the UK
> network.. :-(
>
I agree with this 100%!!! A few days ago I mailed out a request for the
protocol specifications for Netrom/Thenet for a paper I am writing for
school. So far I've had 14 replies, all but one saying that they want to
read my paper and one reply telling me to look at NOSintro and NOSVIEW.
I have also been told that the Computer Networking Conference papers are
worth looking into, but there's not much ham radio stuff in a university
library (besides QST's back into the twenties).
Without our packet protocols written down in stone, how is anyone going to
develope more software? I'm finding it hard just to write a paper. So far
its the GRINOS manual, Comer's Internetworking with TCP/IP book,
Tannenbaum's (sp?) networks book, and a copy of the AX.25 spec that I've
got.
Again, if anyone knows where I can find some information, I'd greatly
appreciate it. A search for 'netrom' in our library just results in the
computerized card catalog letting out some chuckles.
73,
Tim
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