25 Dec
2019
25 Dec
'19
11:44 p.m.
What language did you implement in?? I've got a number of sources in
BLISS, some of which don't appear to have originated on the 36 bit
platform; perhaps some version of DAP for FTS.
How did it work between you RSX folks and the people doing whatever was
in the DN20's?? The 20 host got up to being a Phase IV router, but I
don't believe the DN20's went past Phase III.
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On 12/25/2019 12:43 PM, John Forecast wrote:
I?ve never seen a Phase I protocol spec but DECnet/8 was probably
closer to Phase I than Phase II although the dates in the source code
appear to cover both phases. Even after Phase II development started
the protocols were still being updated - datagram service was still in
the NSP spec in early 1977 but was dropped about half way through the
development cycle. One advantage we had for DECnet-RSX development
(11M/11S/11D and IAS) was that they all shared common protocol
processing code, which had been written for an earlier advanced
development project, so protocol changes were relatively easy to make.
? ?John.