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RFC 25 - No High Link Numbers

  • Status: Unknown
  • Published: 30 October 1969
  • Stream: Legacy
  • Errata: No Errata

Document Information​

  • RFC Number: 25
  • Title: No High Link Numbers
  • Authors: Steve Crocker (UCLA)
  • Date: 30 October 1969
  • Category: Unknown

Abstract​

This memo suggests that no link number greater than 63 should be used, so that one or more of the higher link numbers can be reserved for possible instrumentation purposes. Since 256 link numbers are far more than are needed, limiting link numbers to 64 or fewer costs nothing; 32 might be even more realistic, but 64 is certainly sufficient. The implementation at UCLA will use tables that take advantage of this limitation.

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