[ih] X.25

[Dave Crocker]

On 10/1/2025 2:15 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) via 
Internet-history wrote:
> I think X.25 got more of a workout as a transport layer for UUCP
> (f protocol).  UUCP over X.25 hauled a lot of email and Usenet
> traffic in the 1980s.


I don't recall any of the details about this for UUCP.  For CSNet, we 
used X.28/X.29, treading the path as a simple dial-up channel.

Was there a protocol layer between UUCP and X.25.  The OSI model called 
it a 'convergence' layer.

d/

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