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Subject: Re: How much longer can 32-bit computers use internet?

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 04:20:49 05/09/05

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On May 08, 2005 at 23:15:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On May 08, 2005 at 17:12:03, Daniel Pineo wrote:

>>Balderdash!  My beloved RS232 isn't going anywhere!
>
>RS232 is computer-to-modem, not modem-to-network...

RS-232 can be used; it's called SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol).  Of
course, it hasn't been used much in the past decade or more since Ethernet NICs
became standardized and inexpensive.

Carrier pigeon and smoke signal IP satndards exist.  Further detaials can be had
by examining the set of RFCs with an issue date of April first.



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