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RFC 6 - Conversation with Bob Kahn

  • Status: Unknown
  • Published: April 1969
  • Stream: Legacy
  • Errata: No Errata

Document Information​

  • RFC Number: 6
  • Title: Conversation with Bob Kahn
  • Authors: Steve Crocker
  • Date: April 1969
  • Category: Unknown

Abstract​

RFC 6 records a conversation between Steve Crocker and Bob Kahn at BB&N in April 1969. It reports BB&N's plans for character code conversion — converting 6-, 7-, 8-, or 9-bit character codes into 8-bit ASCII for transmission and converting them back on assembly at the destination IMP, using tables unique to each HOST, together with the question of whether sites with 6-bit codes also want case shifting — and the state of HOST-IMP communication, where a five-bit link field and one or two conversion bits were under discussion. It also lists the items a HOST can specify when sending a message or part of a message to its IMP, and the items an IMP can report back to its HOST.

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