10 Jan
1999
10 Jan
'99
4:09 p.m.
At 08:11 PM 10-01-99 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
We used to have a number of MicroVAX-IIs with KMV-11s in to connect to the
Australian Telecom X.25 network known as AUSTPAC. There was quite a bit of
support in VMS to allow almost transparent delivery of e-mail from X.25
connected systems. From a rusty memory (this is 15 years ago) the e-mail
address was some thing like
To: PSI%23000560::CCHD
where 23000560 was the X.25 address (phone number) for the remote system
and CCHD was the remote username.
This type of networking died out in Australia due to high costs of line
rental and traffic costs, although some would argue that the situation is
still the same.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
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This might be
of use to you if you had a need for computer/computer or
computer/terminal communication between distant locations. Host
computers (minicomputers and larger) often had X.25 network interfaces
You could convince some DEC cards (DUP11?) to output X25 packets, I
think. A number of UK networks, including JANET (Joint Academic NETwork)
used X25 at one time.