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<title>Toward reliable operation of minicomputer-based terminals on a TIP</title>
<author initials='T.' surname='Pyke' fullname='T. N. Pyke Jr.'>
<organization>National Bureau of Standards (NBS)</organization></author>
<date month='September' day='24' year='1971' />
<abstract>
<t>The present protocol for communication between a TIP and attached terminals requires character-oriented transmission and provides for no error control. In the design of this protocol, it was apparently assumed that the majority of terminals attached to a TIP would be interactive, be normally used in a character-by-character mode both for transmission to and from the terminal, and normally support a human user who would in effect be in the communication loop. The human user would thus be in a position to detect any significant telecommunication-induced errors both by direct observation of the character stream and, more importantly, by examining the computer output in the context of his ongoing interaction.</t>
<t>The effectiveness of this means for error detection and initiation of corrective measures when necessary is not adequate in the following cases:</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='230' />
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