NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/protocol/tcpip/5874

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From: [e-mail] (don provan)
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Subject: Re: TCP/IP for Tops-10
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Date: 8 Jan 93 19:51:39 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Alex McKenzie) writes:
>According to Jerry Burchfiel, who was there at the time: "Bill Plummer
>and Ray Tomlinson of BBN first implemented TCP/IP on TENEX.  Thanks to
>Charles Lynn, also of BBN, it was later ported onto TOPS-20.  I think it
>skipped over TOPS-10."

Gee, if i'd known there'd be this much interest, i would have posted the
answer instead of just sending it directly.  I implemented TCP/IP on
TOPS-10.  There's no relation between the TOPS-10 implementation and the
TENEX/TOPS-20 implementation.  On the other hand, a derivitive of the
TOPS-10 code ran on WAITS, just in case anyone thought this conversation
wasn't obscure enough yet.  To my knowledge, there is no copy of the
code on the face of the earth, though i'd be happy to hear someone tell
me i'm wrong, particularly if they could send me a copy.

And, although i can't imagine anyone really cares, it ran on 6.02 and
6.03a.  After that i'm a little vague, but i think i got it to run on
7.00, but not 7.01.  Something about radical changes to the IO system
in 7.01, but, gee, that was many years ago so i don't remember the details.

                        don provan
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