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... HOST Software, 1969 Apr 7, asks on page 2: "Can a
HOST, as opposed to its IMP, control RFNM's?" BBN, Report No. 1837,
1969 Jul, says on page 2: "The principal ...
... RFNM's?" BBN, Report No. 1837,
1969 Jul, says on page 2: "The principal function of the (IMP)
program...includes...generating of RFNM's..." What if an IMP ...
... IMP)
program...includes...generating of RFNM's..." What if an IMP
generates an RFNM and then discovers it cannot, for some reason,
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... HOST?
This seems especially pressing since I don't recall seeing anywhere an
IMP constraint upon HOSTs that they must accept incoming messages
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The deletion of a link entry from an IMP's link table will, in
general, have no effect upon a Host ...
... general, have no effect upon a Host transmission (or reception) at
that IMP's site. Let us distinguish between non-use of a link in-
between messages and non-use of a link ...
... blocked when the first access of the link table is made during
transmission from the source IMP and is unblocked when the RFNM
returns. Only non-blocked transmit link ...
... hardware implications insofar as the
Host/IMP interface is designed to transfer bits asynchronously ...
... A RFNM is returned from the destination IMP to the source IMP when a
message reaches the head of the destination ...
... RFNM is returned from the destination IMP to the source IMP when a
message reaches the head of the destination IMP ...
... Host). If a
destination IMP cannot then deliver that full message to the Host, at
most one more message may possibly arrive at that IMP ...
... IMP cannot then deliver that full message to the Host, at
most one more message may possibly arrive at that IMP due to the
premature release of the RFNM. The new message will subsequently
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... control message which is available for
use during initiation of communication between the Host and its IMP.
The Host may, of course, decline to send NOP messages during this
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... The Host may, of course, decline to send NOP messages during this
period, but the first received message after IMP startup or after the
Host ...
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Host ready indicator has gone on, may be discarded by the IMP. We do
not require a Host to be prepared to repeat transmissions into the
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