UUCP over X25 on Sun 3

[Eric Gisin]

In article <19772 at pyramid.pyramid.com>, csg at pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:
> The biggest problem you'll have in Luxembourg is that Sun's UUCP does not have
> the 'f' protocol. This is a seven-bit, printable-ASCII-only, streaming, non
> packetized uucp protocol that is a must over international X.25 links. If you

I think there is also an 'x' protocol, which uses X.25 directly
and can use all 8 bits.  'f' was designed for use over X.2[89],
which has the 7 bit restriction.

> I am amazed that Sun does not yet support UUCP/X.25. While there are only a
> few sites in the USA that use UUCP/X.25 extensively (uunet, pyramid, hplabs,
> maybe two or three more), it is almost _de_rigeur_ in Europe and Canada. Maybe

Not in Canada. Trailblazers over phone lines are much cheaper than Datapac,
the national X.25 carrier. And Bell has evening discounts.