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From: alvitar@madhat.UUCP (Phil Harbison)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: Spec for MAP & TOP
Message-ID: <208@madhat.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 02:44:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  9 02:44:31 1987
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In article <19266@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, Erik E. Fair writes:
>
> 1. MAP is simply a packaging of the ISO protocol suite on top of an
> 	IEEE 802.2 (or was that 802.4?) token passing broadband LAN.

This is true, but in all fairness to GM, they did push hard to get
the ISO standards nearer to completion.

> Can anyone explain what TOP (the Technical Office Protocol) suite is
> about, and whose idea it was?
> 

I believe TOP originated at Boeing.  At least they seem to be in
charge of its development.

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