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From: dave@pyramids.OZ (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Re: BISYNC over HF/VHF link
Message-ID: <115@pyramids.OZ>
Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 20:07:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: pyramids.115
Posted: Thu Sep  5 20:07:07 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Sep-85 04:07:25 EDT
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Organization: Pyramid Technology Australia
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> 
> We wish to implement bisync or a similarly primitive protocol over an HF/VHF
> radio link. Has anyone done this? (of course, but have YOU done this?). We
> are not certain BISYNC is the best protocol for the job, but our requirments
> are fairly simple (point to point lines, no real networking involved) and we
> know of few competing protocols. Comments, Advice and sources (preferably
> Pascal, but we're not all that picky) will be very welcome.
> 
> "a big company, but a nice company"
> 
> UUCP: {decvax, vax135, eagle, esnta} mulga!runx.OZ!plessey
> CSNET, ARPA: decvax!mulga!runx.oz!plessey@ucb-vax.arpa

The last people that tried to set up a private commercial network
(voice only) were QANTAS - and OTC sued them!  If this is a commercial
proposition, expect opposition from our friendly telephone monopoly.

Also, us radio amateurs (please, not "hams") have been doing things
like this for years - RTTY, AMTOR and now packet.  But of course,
this is merely "experiments of a technical nature where recourse to
the local telephone system is not justified" (or something like that!).
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