Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!PUCC.BITNET!LVARIAN From: LVARIAN@PUCC.BITNET ("Lee C. Varian") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: Protocol Descriptions Message-ID: <8910032230.AA12030@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: 3 Oct 89 22:16:17 GMT References:Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "Lee C. Varian" Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 Bob, It's not really true that IBM doesn't publish protocol information, although sometimes not officially defining the publication as the final authority. Some examples: For SNA: Systems Network Architecture Format and Protocol Reference Manual: Architectural Logic, IBM form number SC30-3112. Systems Network Architecture Format and Protocol Reference Manual: Architecture Logic for LU Type 6.2, IBM form number SC30-3269. Systems Network Architecture Format and Protocol Reference Manual: Distribution Services, IBM form number SC30-3098. For NJE (RSCS, JES, and HASP): Network Job Entry Formats and Protocols for System/370 Program Products, IBM form number GG22-9373. Beware, however, that these manuals add up to well over a thousand pages. Lee Varian