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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UUCP over X.25
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Date: 23 Sep 90 21:05:56 GMT
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In a recent article src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes:

>if your x.25 line is 8 bit transparent (the pad should allow to set this)
>you might also (apart from f) look into e protocol which is a streaming
>protocol that expects the line to be error free -> no overhead at all.
>we use it over HST modems which works very nice. however your serial ports
>must not loose a single character, otherwise the protocol will timeout
>and drop the line.

Actually, as I understand it, the 'e' protocol isn't intended to be
used via a PAD, but directly over X.25 PLP (layer 3) and with the X.25
interface directly in the system.

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