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From: schoff@cadtroy.UUCP (Martin Lee Schoffstall)
Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Re: Wanted: ISO level 4
Message-ID: <117@cadtroy.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 23:57:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 23:57:11 1984
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> > ISO has defined a standard Transport Protocol.  I believe that this is
> > commonly referred to as TP4.  It is quite similar to DoD's Internet
> > Protocol (IP), I think.  In any case, it is not just an abstraction any
> > more.
> 
From the United States Department of Commerce
National Bureau of Standards

Revised 9/20/84

The NBS/OSI Transport Class 4, the test system for transport, as well
as the specification compiler for translating protocols formally
described by the NBS specification technique can be obtained on magnetic
tape from the

	National Technical Information Service
	US Department of Commerce
	Springfield, Virginia  22161
	
	Telephone (703)487-4650		Telex: 89-9405
	
	NTIS Order #:  PB84-222918
	Price Code:  T14
	Price: $985 U.S., $1585 Foreign
	
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This code is written in C for a UNIX system (though a very non-standard one
that traces its heritage back to V6).  The price also includes some manuals.
NBS is continuing to do fixes and work on the other levels including
the network level.

marty
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