Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cadtroy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!wivax!cadmus!cadtroy!schoff 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 Article-I.D.: cadtroy.117 Posted: Thu Oct 18 23:57:11 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 11:41:49 EDT References: <4430@ukc.UUCP> <5313@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2902@mit-eddie.UUCP> <5383@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: CADMUS [Troy Office], Troy NY Lines: 35 > > 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 {bbncca,linus,seismo,wivax}!cadmus!schoff cadmus!schoff@seismo.ARPA