From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28498 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2021 01:26:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Feb 2021 01:26:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 89A809BA46; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:26:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758B09BA43; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:25:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 50B5D9BA40; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:25:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mercury.lcs.mit.edu (mercury.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.122]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 720129BA40 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:25:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 11178) id 2077F18C086; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:25:49 -0500 (EST) To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-Id: <20210203012549.2077F18C086@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:25:49 -0500 (EST) From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Fwd: Choice of Unix for 11/03 and 11/23+ Systems 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: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > From: Greg A. Woods > There's a "v6net" directory in this repository. > ... > I wonder if it is from either of the two ports you mention. No; the NOSC system is an NCP system, not TCP; and this one has mbufs (which the BBN v6 one did not have), so it's _probably_ a Berkleyism of some sort (or did the BBN VAX code have mbuf's too; I don't recall - yes, it did: https://minnie.tuhs.org//cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=BBN-Vax-TCP see bbnnet/mbuf.c). It might also be totally new code which just chose to re-use that meme. I don't have time to look closely to see if I see any obvious descent. > Too many broken half-baked MUAs seem to still be widely used. I'm one of the offendors! Hey, this is a vintage computing list, so what's the problem with vintage mail readers? :-) Noel PS: I'm just about done collecting up the MIT PWB1 TCP system; I only have the Server FTP left to go. (Alas, it was a joint project between a student and a staffer, who left just at the end, so half the source in one's personal area, and the other half's in the other's. So I have to find all the pieces, and put them in the system's source area.) Once that's done, I'll get it to WKT to add to the repositoey. (Getting it to _actually run_ will take a while, and will happen later: I have to write a device driver for it, the code uses a rare, long-extinct board.)