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- From: bell@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (E. V. Bell, II - NSSDC/HSTX/GSFC/NASA - (301)513-1663)
- Subject: Re: SPAN
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- References: <1992Dec18.011849.1296@photon.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:07:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.011849.1296@photon.com>, bvs@photon.com (Bruce Shetler) writes...
- >
- >Apparently there is something called the Space Physics Analysis
- >Network. Does anyone out there have knowledge of this net, how to
- >access it, etc.? Feel free to reply here or via e-mail.
- >
- >Thank you,
- >Bruce
- >
- >--
- >
- >========================================================================
- > Bruce Shetler
- > Photon Research Associates Living in Southern California...
- > San Diego, CA 92121 The ultimate oxymoron?
- > bvs@photon.com
- >========================================================================
-
- SPAN is a DECnet protocol network which used to be run out of
- the National Space Science Data Center at Goddard Space Flight
- Center. At the time there were two competing NASA networks,
- SPAN and NASA Science Internet, which used the TCP/IP
- protocol. A few years back, NASA HQ realized that it was silly
- that it had two competing networks for essentially the same
- purpose (NSI was run out of Ames). There was a competition
- between Goddard and Ames and Ames won. Both the DECnet and
- TCP/IP protocols are still supported, but they are now both
- known as NASA Science Internet, the SPAN portion now being
- called NSI/DECnet. NSI/DECnet, nee SPAN, is part of a larger
- DECnet network which includes European DECnet, HEPnet, and
- several other nets. Most nodes which used to be on SPAN are
- now also on the Internet, usually with the node names being
- the same (see my sig below for an example).
-
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- | Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II | E-mail: |
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