10 Jan
1999
10 Jan
'99
5:32 a.m.
On 10 Jan 1999, Frank McConnell wrote:
communications over it. Terminals didn't, but you
could get devices
called PADs (Port Access Devices? I can't remember) that had
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
connections for terminals, an X.25 connection for the
network, and
could either act something like a multiplexer, running all the
terminal sessions over a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) to a host's
address, or like a terminal server, using switched virtual circuits
(SVCs) to connect to any host address on the network.
I got my TLA's wrong. You're right.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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