From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB6EC433F5 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241061AbiDKLEZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:04:25 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47024 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1346232AbiDKLDE (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:03:04 -0400 Received: from ganesha.gnumonks.org (ganesha.gnumonks.org [IPv6:2001:780:45:1d:225:90ff:fe52:c662]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2F90443FA for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:00:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uucp by ganesha.gnumonks.org with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ndrml-00DvDF-Aa; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:00:43 +0200 Received: from laforge by localhost.localdomain with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1ndrmf-004g5j-PN; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0200 Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0200 From: Harald Welte To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Wanted: Old network/telecom data sheets + hardware manuals Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Dear netdev, LKML and friends, as some of you may know, I've recently started to get involved in "retronetworking" as a hobby, i.e. collecting and running ancient data communications, telecommunications and computer networking technologies. We're not just collecting/repairing/operating old hardware and ancient software stacks (FDDI, TokenRing, ATM, ISDN, ...) but also related hardware documentation, data sheets, specifications, ... I would like to call on all Linux network developers to donate any surplus old networking/telecom chipset documentation, specifications, etc. they may have. We have a non-destructive book scanner for sizes up to A2, as well as a variety of other scanners at our disposal to digitize any paper manuals, as needed. More information about this 'call for manuals' can be found at https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki/Call_for_old_Manuals In case anyone is interested, https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki contains a bit of info on parts of the collected equipment, and we've started to build a ISDN/TDM/PDH overlay network so people can operate their legacy ISDN equipment in times where public operators don't offer ISDN service anymore: https://osmocom.org/projects/octoi/wiki Some of the documents we already digitized and unearthed include the German "national ISDN" specs (FTZ 1TR6 etc) at https://osmocom.org/projects/retronetworking/wiki/German_FTZ_ISDN_Specifications Thanks in advance for any related document donations. Kind regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)