[Info-vax] DECnet Phase IV specifications are corrupted

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of Simon Clubley via Info-vax
> Sent: 26-Oct-16 9:13 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-
> Earth.UFP>
> Subject: [Info-vax] DECnet Phase IV specifications are
corrupted
> 
> The DECnet Phase IV specifications are corrupted, with missing
> lines of text. Given the nature of the corruption I suspect
that
> when overprinted lines have been converted to plain text, this
> resulted in the lines being removed.
> 
> The following examples are from:
> 
> 	http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/wizard/decnet/edatlin10.
> txt
> 
> In the section beginning at line 202, the manual titles are
missing.
> 
> While annoying, that's not really a significant problem.
However,
> the significant issue is that lines of text are missing from
the
> actual protocol descriptions themselves.
> 
> For example, on line 1045 (the Input-buffer description for the
> TRANSMIT function), the first part of that paragraph is
truncated.
> 
> I've looked on Bitsavers, but the only full set of scans are
from
> Phase III and earlier (based on the dates in the filenames).
> 
> Does anyone know of any DECnet Phase IV specification which
> are not corrupted ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon.
> 

These links might be of interest:

http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/docs/doc_index.html

http://decnet.ipv7.net/docs/dundas/aa-n149a-tc.pdf


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com