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Author:      justin
Subject:     RIP protocol and hexatridecimal.
Could someone tell me where I could get some documentation on RIP protocol?
Could someone describe the hexatridecimal number system and why it is more
efficient at transferring data?

Response #:  1 of 1
Author:      hawley
RIP is Routing Information Protocol and is used by networks such as the
Internet for routing messages from source to destination hosts. Check books
on networking. I know there are also places on the net where such specifica-
tions can be found.  
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Up-date 9/19/2004

Hexatridecimal is base 36, using a-z and 0 though 9 for each "digit" or
place holder. Mainframe are still binary, even to IBM.

Ken
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