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Title:          HostALC
Version:        0.0.2
Entered-date:   1MAR97
Description:    An extremely rudimentary collection of source code
                having to do with airlines communications protocols
                and device drivers.   Currenly, this collection consists 
                of only three items:
                  -- sample C and Perl code that manipulates the 
                     Northrop-Grumman W915 communications card.  
                  -- pre-alpha, untested device driver for 
                     Northrop-Grumman ACC286 coprocessor card.
                     (no microcode)a
                  -- spec providing overview technical info of 
                     the ALC (P1024B) protocol.

                This package doesn't *do* anything; it merely provides 
                reference code and documentation that can provide
                insight into the ALC protocols, character sets, etc.

                ALC == Airline Link Control is also known as IPARS 
                or P1024B in Europe (SITA). It is a very distant
                relative of X.25, AX.25 and UTS (P1024C).  It runs in
                the wires of virtually every travel agency and airport
                in the United States and the World, and is the principle
                means for attaching terminals to airline mainframes.

Keywords:       ALC PARS IPARS P1024B airline communications
Author:         multiple
Maintained-by:  
Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/comm
                hostalc-0.0.2.tar.gz      (38 KB)
Alternate-site: 
                
Original-site:  
Platform:       Unix, Linux
Copying-policy: None
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