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From: gronski@locust.sgi.com (Jan Gronski)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: XTP Protocol for FDDI?
Keywords: xtp, fddi
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Date: 14 Jul 90 01:10:26 GMT
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In article <192@melpar.UUCP> toppin@melpar.UUCP (Doug Toppin) writes:
>I am beginning to hear something about a protocol
>called 'XTP' in relation to FDDI. Does anyone
>know if this is available or still being worked,

XTP 3.4 protocol spec is available to anyone who wants it
by sending the request to xtp-relay@pei.com You should provide
your postal address.

Tapes of the protocol implementations in Sun and SGI versions are 
available to members of the Technical Advisory Board. TAB is a
consortium of about 20 companies, universities and government bodies
which are interested in the development of XTP. For more information 
send your queries to xtp-relay@pei.com

>and if so where? I know zero about it and am interested
>in knowing if it is:
>	* similar in services to TCP

Most of the TCP/IP services are provided as well as others, e.g.,
an acknowledged sequenced-stream multicast.

>	* datagram or connection oriented

both are supported.

>	* what does getting X windows to know about it involve

Both client and server systems must support the XTP protocol family, i.e.,
the XTP protocol support must be in the kernel. Given that, the changes to
the client and server code are very minimal.

>
>thanks
>Doug Toppin
>uunet!melpar!toppin