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From: hope@gatech.edu (Theodore Hope @ LEGOLAND)
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Subject: Re:  A novice's comming out party
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 14:07:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 25 14:07:48 1987
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The following IEEE tutorial is a good overview of all kinds of stuff:

 Tutorial: Computer Communications, Architectures, Protocols, and Standards.
 William Stallings, Ed.
 IEEE Catalog Number EH0226-1
 IEEE Computer Society Order Number 604


Also, I'd recommend the following [text]book:

 Data and Computer Communications
 William Stallings
 Macmillan Publishing Co.
 ISBN 0-02-415440-7
-- 
Theodore Hope
School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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