Article View: comp.protocols.ibm
Article #1594Re: BITNET
From: David Andrews
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1989 00:32
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1989 00:32
13 lines
993 bytes
993 bytes
From article <29021@sgi.SGI.COM>, by davidf@colnago.SGI.COM (David Fenstemaker): > I have noticed that alot of people who post here are from > BITNET. We have a customer in Japan who would like to connect to BITNET. > > What is BITNET, and how does one hook up to it? > BITNET is a network of RSCS, NJE, JNET and like nodes belonging to universities or research institutions "with significant ties to higher education". Others need not apply. I tried. Basically you must establish a leased line with a BITNET node, and agree to provide a connection (port) for the next site that comes along.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<2948@rtmvax.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!mtxinu!unisoft!hoptoad!peora!rtmvax!dandrewsReferences:
<29021@sgi.SGI.COM>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!mtxinu!unisoft!hoptoad!peora!rtmvax!dandrews From: dandrews@rtmvax.UUCP (David Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: BITNET Message-ID: <2948@rtmvax.UUCP> Date: 23 Mar 89 00:32:33 GMT References: <29021@sgi.SGI.COM> Organization: RTmVax Public Unix Sys., Orlando, FL Lines: 13