[HECnet] Multics online as node 1.770 (BANAI)

[Dave Wade]

> -----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)
> 
> 
> 
> > 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
such a
> 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