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From: @DCN6.ARPA:mills@dcn6.arpa
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Subject: Re: UK combat packet switch system
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 16:13:08 EST
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From: mills@dcn6.arpa
Folks,

"Terry's" name is really Brian.

The UK system operates at 16 kbps with rate-1/2 convolutional encoding and
QPSK modems over standard VHF radios, so that the station-station rate is 8
kbps. The demo system operates in the 30-50 MHz band using a couple of fixed
repeaters and a flock of Land Rovers carrying the radio, modem, controller and
power converter. The client protocols include the DoD Internet portocol suite
(IP, TCP and Telnet) running in an LSI-11 with video terminal.

In a recent demo I had the pleasure of reading my mail on a Fuzzball in my
home near Washington, DC, while the driver and I bounced around the Malvern
contryside dodging sheep. There were eight nets, including packet-radio,
packet-satellite, Ethernet, token-ring and ARPANET technologies between my
fingernails and my Fuzzy, which seems to bear testimony that the Internet
suite may be in fact sufficiently heroic to hack the flaky paths enjoyed by
our fraternity.

Dave
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