[HECnet] Multics online as node 1.770 (BANAI)

[Mark Abene]

It's actually very easy to set up an entire X.25 network by tunneling over
IP using emulated cisco routers on dynamips.
I demonstrated this to another list member some years back.

By the way, just a minor correction: while Telenet/Sprintnet was a native
X.25 network, Tymnet was most certainly not. While the ISIS bus of a Tymnet
Engine could be fitted with a wide variety of protocol interface cards
(X.25 among them), Tymnet's own internal protocol was simply known as
"Tymnet protocol", and was entirely its own thing. There were also a number
of X.75 gateways accessible on Tymnet, many on satellite links, to allow
users to connect to foreign X.25 networks.

-Mark



On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:32 AM, Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018, Jeffrey H. Johnson 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.
>>
>
> Now this would be *awesome*.  Over the years I've had some opportunity to
> rescue some X.25 gear but declined because I didn't have a use for it.
>
> Let's just say I spent a fair bit of time on Telenet/Sprintnet back in the
> day and it would be neat to capture that nostalgia.
>
> Fred
>
>
>
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