From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id d76fecac for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 18:51:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E1E7B9B8AD; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 04:51:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3459B8A6; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 04:50:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DE1A39B8A5; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 04:50:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DAE89B8A4 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2019 04:50:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id DFEED35E130; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 10:50:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 10:50:54 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Grant Taylor Message-ID: <20190207185054.GA20698@mcvoy.com> References: <20190206174913.E518318C07B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <0572e855-9aac-337f-4f1b-66dda3839e14@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0572e855-9aac-337f-4f1b-66dda3839e14@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] OSI stack (Was: Posters) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS , COFF Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 11:07:27AM -0700, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote: > On 02/06/2019 01:47 PM, Kevin Bowling wrote: > >There were protocols that fit better in the era like DeltaT with a simpler > >state machine and connection handling.?? Then there was a mad dash of > >protocol development in the mid to late ???80s that were measured by > >various metrics to outperform TCP in practical and theoretical space.?? > >Some of these seemed quite nice like XTP and are still in use in niche > >defense applications. > > $ReadingList++ Greg Chesson was the guy behind XTP. I worked for him at SGI, he was a hoot (lost him to cancer a while back). I think I've posted this before but here he is not long before he died (he came up to bitch about kids these days with their shiney frameworks and new fangled languages, what's wrong with C?) http://mcvoy.com/lm/xtp+excavator He was an engineer to the core, he refused to take any info from me on how to run the machine, just sat there and figured it out. --lm