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Subject: Re: Re: CCITT networking for (BSD) UNIX
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 10:29:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 22 10:29:00 1986
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Nf-From: unido!dfk    Mar 22 15:29:00 1986

At this year's Hannover (Germany) fair there has been a demonstration of
experimental X.400 systems by Bull, ICL, GEC, Nixdorf, Siemens
and others talking to each other. 
The base system for this was mostly EAN but also some inhouse developments. 

I know that german computer manufacturers have X.4xx products in
the pipeline. The European Comunity sponsors developments of such
things and ISO networking stuff.

There are ISO transport implementations for Unix around.
Even some stuff that is supposed to run under Berkeley sockets.
Unfortunately most of this is not available. Neither commercially
nor otherwise.....

  > The German PTT (Deutches Bundespost) has an X.400 system operating
  > today, tho I don't know any more than that.  

Not to my knowledge.
They have bought a centralized system that looks much like MCI mail.
I guess it's the same thing. They PLAN to have it speak X.4xx.

-Daniel Karrenberg          <dfk@unido.uucp> <dfk@unido.bitnet>
 Universitaet Dortmund      W. Germany