Begin3 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 End