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

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 (winter) / CEST (summer), every 1st Wednesday of the month*

The next couple of events hence are:

* Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 (decoding Telefax G4 protocol traces)

* Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

* Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

* Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

* Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

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. Video Recordings of talks

The recording of the technical presentation are made available. The recordings can be found

* at https://media.ccc.de/c/retronetcall (Video hosting platform of the Chaos Computer Club)

* via our "@retronetworking@tube.tchncs.de":https://tube.tchncs.de/c/retronetworking/videos PeerTube channel

* as file downloads in several formats at https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/ (linked from table below)

h2. Topics (for the "presentation" part)

h3. Future

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

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

|FDDI||

|Token Ring||

|Arcnet||

|Frame Relay||

|The X.25 Packet Switched Network||

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

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

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

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

|HDLC World Domination (history of HDLC)||

|EWSD Introduction/Overview||

|S12 Introduction/Overview||

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 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211112-laforge-tdm_vp9.webm|

|iceE1usb in practice|@tnt|2021-11-12|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211112-tnt-ice1usb_h264_420.mp4 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211112-tnt-ice1usb_vp9.webm|

|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 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20211228-laforge-retro-isdn-v5_vp9.webm|

|Osmocom Community TDMoIP (OCTOI)|@laforge|2022-04-29|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20220429-laforge-octoi_h264_420.mp4 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/osmodevcall/osmodevcall-20220429-laforge-octoi_vp9.webm|

|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 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20221109-laforge-octoi-status-update_vp9.webm|

|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 "VP9":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20221207-laforge-isdn-b-channel-protocols_vp9.webm|

|Datex-L: The German CSPDN (Circuit Switched Public Data Network)|@laforge|2023-02-01|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230201-laforge-datex-l-cspdn_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230201-laforge-datex-l-cspdn_av1.webm|

|Introduction to the X.21 synchronous serial interface|@laforge|2023-03-01|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230301-laforge-x21-intro_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230301-laforge-x21-intro_av1.webm|

|E1: The analog side (part 1)|@tnt|2023-05-04|"H.264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230503-tnt-e1-analog-side-part-1_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230503-tnt-e1-analog-side-part-1_av1.webm|

|Teletex: The brief abandoned step between Telex and Telefax|@laforge|2023-06-07|"H264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230607-laforge-teletex_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230607-laforge-teletex_av1.webm|

|Teletext: A digital medium transcending a factor of 10⁶ in technical progress|@casandro|2023-07-05|"H264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230705-casandro-teletext_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20230705-casandro-teletext_av1.webm|

|A tour of DIVF, our OCTOI central office using yate, dahdi-trunkdev and more|@laforge|2023-12-06|"H264":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20231206-laforge-octoi-divf-tour_h264_420.mp4 "AV1":https://downloads.osmocom.org/videos/retronetcall/retronetcall-20231206-laforge-octoi-divf-tour_av1.webm|

h2. Code of Conduct

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