Retronetworking

h1. RetroNetCall

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Initially we started to cover a couple of retronetworking topics at the [[osmo-dev-con:OsmoDevCall]], but it really made sense to run the pure retro related topics as a separate series of events.  In October 2022, we forked the *Retro* *Net* working *Call* format from OsmoDevCall.

The format serves two major purposes:

# technical presentations about retronetworking relevant topics - ideally current/recent developments

#* can be pre-recorded to avoid any problems with technical setup, streaming, ...

#* should ideally have a Q+A session at their initial "airing" during one OsmoDevCall

# unstructured supplementary social event (USSE)

#* random chat in audio (optionally video)

#* not recorded, obviously

The recording of the technical presentation should then be permanently made available. The recordings can be found in several formats at https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/ . They can hopefully also soon be found at https://media.ccc.de/c/retronetcall

Not every RetroNetCall would necessarily need the two parts, but I think it would be great if we can make that happen.

h2. Timing

*Wednesday evening, 8pm CET/CEST, every 1st Wednesday of the month*

The next couple of events hence are:

* Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (Datex-L)

* Wednesday, March 1, 2023 (E1: The analog side)

* Wednesday, April 5, 2023

* Wednesday, May 4, 2023

* Wednesday, June 7, 2023

h2. Venue / Platform

We are currently using infrastructure of "KNF":https://franken.de/, a German non-profit internet organization of which @laforge is a member.

%{font-size: 20pt; color:red}The URL to join the meeting is https://osmocom.org/RetroNetCall%

There currently is no password or authentication, we try to welcome anyone. If this turns out to be a problem, we might lock it down in the future, let's hope that's not required.

h2. Topics (for the "presentation" part)

h3. Future

This is a wishlist of future topics for the "presentation" part:

|_.Topic|_.Possible Speaker|_.Tentative Date|

|Datex-L: The German CSPDN (Circuit Switched Public Data Network)|@laforge|2023-02-01|

|Teletex: The brief abandoned step between Telex and Telefax||

|FDDI||

|Token Ring||

|Arcnet||

|Frame Relay||

|The X.25 Packet Switched Network||

|The X.21 synchronous serial interface||

|Analog Telephone Modems and towards a 2022 OSHW softmodem|@laforge + @tnt|

|E1: The analog side|@tnt|2023-03-01|

|ISDN: Differences DSS1 <-> 1TR6||

|X.31: Two flavours of X.25 over ISDN||

|H.221: The first step into ISDN video calls (H.320)||

h3. Past

We'll move the events from the above table to here once they have happened.

|_.Topic|_.Speaker|_.Date|_.Video|

|TDM, E1, PDH, SDH, STM-1 and Pseudowires|@laforge|2021-11-12|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211112-laforge-tdm_h264_420.mp4|

|iceE1usb in practice|@tnt|2021-11-12|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211112-tnt-ice1usb_h264_420.mp4|

|Retronetworking: V5 interfaces in ISDN/PSTN|@laforge|2021-12-28|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211228-laforge-retro-isdn-v5_h264_420.mp4|

|Osmocom Community TDMoIP (OCTOI)|@laforge|2022-04-29|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20220429-laforge-octoi_h264_420.mp4|

|OCTOI project status update|@laforge|2022-11-09|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20221109-laforge-octoi-status-update_h264_420.mp4|

|ISDN B-Channel protocols (X.75, V.120, V.110, T.70, ...)|@laforge|2022-12-07|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20221207-laforge-isdn-b-channel-protocols_h264_420.mp4|

h2. Code of Conduct

The existing [[osmo-dev-con:Code_of_Conduct]] of our previous physical / on-site / presence meetings applies.