KH> The whole purpose of FTS-9 was to enable threading in a standardized 
KH> way. Before FTS-9 there existed ^ATCL1/^ATCL2 and some other standards 
KH> for threading but they were replaced by FTS-9.

HS> Thats fine, but ADDRESSING is not required for THREADING. So why
HS> have the address?  You might as well take it out.

ml> you CAN'T and keep the serial numbers unique across the entire
ml> network(s)... you HAVE to have something else in there and the address
ml> of the originating system was chosen because it allows you to keep the
ml> serial number unique on the originating system...

It's no wonder he has such trouble following FSC-0046 and FTS-0009,
is it?  BFN.  Paul.
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