Date   : Wed, 28 Aug 1985 06:02:43 GMT
From   : bower@dca-eur.ARPA
Subject: Bitnet and Arpanet

--- Query for the Networking gurus ---

   A query was recently posed (informally) to us via medical personnel in
Europe via a professor for a US university extension.  It appears that the
German Cancer research institute has access to BITNET, and has a requirement
to access resources on ARPANET.  Somehow the request would up in my office,
and I don't have the foggiest idea what BITNET is!!!

   Could someone provide a brief synopsis of bitnet, and whether or not
established interfaces exist between it and Arpanet?

   Thanks in advance.           Hal
                                Bower At DCA-EUR