Silly bit

[mudskipper]

Way back when I were a lass at college, doing my HNC in Software Engineering, we did the ISO OSI 7-layer model.

The datalink layer was HDLC. I have vague memories of a G-bit, whose purpose, other than making the smarmy, pervy lecturer make leery comments about the G-spot to the two females in the class, I can't recall.


What was the G-bit about then?

[xoggoth]

make leery comments about the G-spot to the two females in the class

What's pervy about that MS? Perfectly normal male behaviour.

[Sysman]

Way back when I were a lass at college, doing my HNC in Software Engineering, we did the ISO OSI 7-layer model.

The datalink layer was HDLC.

Never heard of it.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't in the flavour of OSI I used.

Ah, this is why:

HDLC is based on IBM's SDLC protocol, which is the layer 2 protocol for IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA)

[mudskipper]

Never heard of it.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't in the flavour of OSI I used.

Ah, this is why:

No mention of the G bit though.

[mudskipper]

What's pervy about that MS? Perfectly normal male behaviour.

He was of a generally pervy character. Most unpleasant. I survived his classes because the other female student was prettier than me.

Good teacher though.

[mudskipper]

Maybe this was it. Group bit. Possibly.

[RSoles]

I think my favourite was the sticky bit
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[Sysman]

No mention of the G bit though.

A P/F bit though.

Methinks 'e was making it up. I see you found it.