Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:12:15 05/09/05
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On May 09, 2005 at 07:20:49, Steven Edwards wrote: >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. I understand that. But as I said, RS232 is the interface between the computer and the modem. What happens beyond that point relies on a different spec. And beyond the point where the modem has the data, anything can happen, from sending 1 bit at a time to sending N bits at a time where N is large. > >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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