Editing Packet switching (section)

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[[Hitachi]] designed a private network system for sale as a turnkey package to multi-national organizations.{{when|date=July 2022}} In addition to providing X.25 packet switching, message switching software was also included. Messages were buffered at the nodes adjacent to the sending and receiving terminals. Switched virtual calls were not supported, but through the use of ''logical ports'' an originating terminal could have a menu of pre-defined destination terminals.<ref>{{cite conference |first= K. |last= Tomaru |author2= T. Kato |author3= S.I. Yamaguchi |title= A Private Packet Network and Its Application in A Worldwide Integrated Communication Network |book-title= Proceedings of ICCC '80 |pages= 517–22 |year= 1980 |url= http://rogerdmoore.ca/PS/HIPA/HIA.html |conference=  |access-date= 2013-08-30 |archive-date= 2013-10-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020142157/http://rogerdmoore.ca/PS/HIPA/HIA.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>