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From: danup@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (Daniel Upthegrove)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,comp.sources.wanted,comp.misc
Subject: Re: X.25/X.3 Info wanted
Summary: X.25 Information Reference, Painless Packet Switching
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Date: 28 Aug 90 23:13:47 GMT
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In article <4990@pegasus.ATT.COM> dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) writes:
>
>Actually, CCITT docs aren't published in any of the above languages.
>They are published in three dialects of "Standardese", each of which
>borrows a grammar and a lexicon from one of English, French, and Spanish.
>However, a working knowledge of these languages is hardly sufficient
>for reading a CCITT document  }:->
>

After having experienced all of the colored CCITT docs since 1980, I
agree completely with Dave.

However, last year I bought a small volume, "Painless Packet Switching",
by Bo Lindgren, [INFOTRANS AB], which, although a tranlation from Swedish,
concisely summarizes the relevant standards in an easy to understand
format.  It's an expensive little book, but then, most technical materials
are.  I found it worth the investment, and have actually used it in the
specification and evaluation of X.25 PAD products.

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Daniel Upthegrove                danup@runxtsa.runx.oz.au
a.k.a. "Grover"                  Sydney Australia
Computer & Communications Consultant