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  1. Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!pacbell.com!att-out!walter!qualcom.qualcomm.com!qualcom.qualcomm.com!gbrand
  3. From: gbrand@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Graham Brand)
  4. Subject: SLIP
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan28.050439.5255@qualcomm.com>
  6. Sender: news@qualcomm.com
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: qualcom.qualcomm.com
  8. Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
  9. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:04:39 GMT
  10. Lines: 6
  11.  
  12. Another simple question.... What is SLIP? I think that it stands for
  13. serial line interface protocol but what is its use? If one already
  14. has Waffle and/or UUPC why would one need SLIP?
  15.  
  16. Cheers,
  17. -Graham Brand
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