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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: X.PC protocol description available
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Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 17:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 17:37:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.Uiuc.ARPA!hamilton    Sep  5 16:37:00 1985


just saw in Computerworld's "On Communications" that Hayes has
adopted X.PC over MNP...

    the outfit i work for runs (in effect) a timesharing service
with users all over the country (plus a few overseas, too), who
get a variety of phone service quality problems.  we experimented
a little with Microcom modems as a cure for line noise.  however,
we've got a substantial investment in modems already (30+ dialins,
i think, plus 100's of users' equipment).  i wanted to have a look
at the MNP protocol to consider implementing it in software on our
host(s) and possibly on PC's at the user end.  Microcom's insistence
on cash up front before even a peek damped that idea.
    then Tymnet came along... after 1 phone call* i got a PC disk with
an X.PC driver and an application (source) using it, plus a package of
protocol docs and stuff.  a 2nd phone call elicited 2 more disks with
the sources for the driver.
    i haven't decided yet if X.PC is the answer to our problems, but
i know i like dealing with the Tymnet people a lot more than Microcom.
	wayne ({decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!)hamilton

* sorry, i don't have the phone number handy.  also, i hear that they've
had so much response that they will probably have to change their
distribution methods.