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Subject: Re: [TUHS] 2.9bsd with networking on 18-bit possible?
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Grant Taylor wrote:
> What protocols did 2.9BSD support?  Did it have NCP?  Or was it
> strictly serial protocols like interactive terminals / UUCP?
>
> Would it be any easier to use an external NCP to TCP/IP gateway?

It's actually a challenge to find *any* NCP software today.  I think it
would be interesting to recreate a small ARPANET.

Here's a copy of "Network Unix" from Illinois:
https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/network-unix-v6