[ih] X.25

[Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)]

John Levine via Internet-history writes:

> I was a long time uucp user and I do not ever recall running
> into anyone who used it over X.25.
>
> This web page says that the widely used Taylor uucp
> had an 'x' protocol for X.25 but also says it doesn't work:

Berkeley (I think?) added the 'f' protocol for use over X.25 via
PADs.  It encoded 8-bit traffic into 7-bit values, used xon/xoff
flow control, and probably had a few other quirks I forget.  And
it was certainly used, at least in Canada.  Before CA*net was formed,
the U of Alberta, UBC, U of Waterloo, and probably U of Toronto,
all swapped mail and Usenet over Datapac via UUCP running 'f'.  When
I set up APSS (Alberta Disaster Services), I set up a UUCP link
over Datapac with the UofA running 'f' protocol to relay news amd
mail.  It was a real thing.

--lyndon