tlug: =?ISO-2022-JP?B?UmU6IHRsdWctZGlnZXN0IFYxICM2OTI=?=

["Jonathan Byrne" <jbyrne@example.com>]

> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 00:52:20 +0900 (JST)
> From: "J. David Beutel" <jdb@example.com>
> Subject: Re: tlug: palmtop PHS , PIAFS, Alpha-32
> 
> On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> 
> > There are two competing standards for PHS communications, PIAFS and
> > Alpha-32. Different PHS companies support different standards, with DDI
> 
> Thanks!  I didn't realize there were 2 standards.  There seems to be
> a comparison at http://www.j-plaza.or.jp/ddi-pocket/data/32kbps.html
> but the Japanese is beyond me.

And of course, the standards are incompatible with each other.  There was
an article on this in Computing Japan a few months ago.  I'm going to
search my apartment for it :-)

Jonathan
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