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From: joel@gould9.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MMP protocol query ...
Message-ID: <1018@gould9.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Feb-87 00:32:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  9 00:32:14 1987
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In article <1181@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (william E Davidsen) writes:
> I suspect that you mean "MNP". If not ignore the rest of this
> message. MNP is an industry standard method of error detection
> and correction (EDAC).

"Industry standard" is a bit generous; it wasn't arrived at in the same
way as other standards.

MNP is a proprietary protocol of Microcom, intended primarily for hardware
and not software.  After trying strict licensing for many years (its
primarily competitor, X.PC is in the public domain), Microcom decided
to sell Levels 1-3 for $100, but 4-6 are (or were) still $2,500 in
licensing fee.

The competition right now seems to be more MNP vs. no standard than
MNP vs. another standard, however.
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	Joel West			     MCI Mail: 282-8879
	Western Software Technology, POB 2733, Vista, CA  92083
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