daveb@geac.UUCP (Dave Brown) (07/09/87)
In article <8707071528.AA02320@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> jr@LF-SERVER-2.BBN.COM (John Robinson) writes: >Agreed. Better to use a real communications protocol based on >packets, like say X.25. Or even Kermit. Not likely to appear in a >terminal near you soon, but at least PCs generally can all do this sort >of thing now. /jr They may not be appearing in terminals, but X.PC and MNP are certainly appearing in *modems*: I have two friends who make their living writing packet protocols that run in about 2.5 sq in of board space inside several modems. And TYMNET has a X.PC to X.25 gateway facility (down thar in the excited states (:-)), so one can Emac away happily 1200 miles from one's host with minimal flow-control and delay problems. [cf my earlier rant about negotiated echo on x.25] -- David (Collier-) Brown. | Computer Science Geac Computers International Inc., | loses its memory 350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | (if not its mind) CANADA, L3R 1B3 (416) 475-0525 x3279 | every 6 months.