From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc302.txt | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 165 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc302.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc302.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc302.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc302.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ab5d15 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc302.txt @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ + + + + + + +NWG/RFC #302 UCSB Computer +NIC 9074 Research Laboratory + Roland F. Bryan + 8 February 1972 + + + EXERCISING THE ARPANET + + +Questions +--------- + + 1. Can a technically competent person, initially uninformed + as to network operation and naive as to the capabilities + of various time-shared terminal systems attached to the + Network, be able to develop problem solving competence + at server sites on the ARPANET? + + 2. What inherent user problems exist that complicate such + adaptation? + + 3. Once proficient in the use, what aspects of the various + sites limit the usability and what modifications should + be considered at both server and user sites to meet + various needs? + + 4. Should a user select a given site for composing and + editing all of his files for subsequent transfer to + other sites for processing or should he learn to compose + and edit at each of the sites doing his processing? + + 5. What are the problems in starting cooperating processes + at several sites? How does a user control such + processes? + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + [Page 1] + +Obtaining the Answers +--------------------- + + Under the direction of UCSB Professor James Howard, a test +group of 14 graduate students was formed to pursue the questions +above, and any other aspect of ARPANET operation that they might +uncover. + + The test group has been given access to the 16 console On-Line +System classroom in the E.E. Department at UCSB. The 16 consoles +produce graphic and alphanumeric displays and are tied into the +UCSB Host 360-75 which gains them access to the network. Old +style Culler-Fried keyboards are being used which provide a +limited key set Jim White has managed to program around most of +the protocol problems brought about by these keyboards, but some +still remain. + + Seminars were given to the test group to familiarize them +with software and hardware aspects of the ARPANET, the local NIC +file has been made available to the group, and the group has been +allowed to sign onto the Network to pursue any available system. + + Following the initial period of two weeks, during which the +group developed some familiarity with the network, the test group +has been divided into working groups with emphasis as follows: + + + Patric Timlick } BBN-TENEX + Dave Stearns } BBN-TENEX B + + John Pickens } SRI-ARC (NIC) + Doug Beaubien } + + Dave Whittington } + Richard Haraguchi } MIT-Multics + Maria deGraaf } MIT-DMCG + Richard Melton } + Su Sung Won } + + Ronald Varekamp } + Jeoff Benson } UCLA-CCN HARV-10 + Hasan A. El. Hasan } UCLA-NMC UTAH-10 + George Engelberg } RAND-CSG LL-67 + Rodney Skinner } + + + + + + + + [Page 2] + +Some Initial Results +-------------------- + The first real encounters with the ARPANET at large produced +a series of questions and comments. Test group comments are +itemized below with additional comments by the author {In braces}. +We plan subsequent reports on a periodic basis. + + 1. We find that we need further information about access + to the NCPs at various sites. User manuals from the + sites might provide this. {Site response is solicited} + + 2. We sometimes cannot sign into UCLA-NMC directly from + UCSB, but can do so readily by way of BBN. {Protocol?} + + 3. After running a Fortran or PL-1 program at some net + location we can only display the results on our consoles + but cannot store them as files. {UCSB programming need?} + + 4. When communications break down how can a user be + assured that he is logged out of some remote site? + {Need for automatic Log-out?} + + 5. How do we make contact with programmers at other sites + to develop cooperative programs for file transfer, etc? + {Jim White?} + + 6. Is there a best time of day for operation at each site? + Should contact be made with the site operator prior to + user sessions? {Server sites please comment} + + 7. UCLA-NMC has assigned a separate user identification + for test group use. Would other sites prefer to do + likewise? {Comments?} + + 8. Is there information regarding uses made of the + various time shared systems by internal users at each + site? Does a bibliography exist to allow contact + with such users? {Check the Resource Notebook} + + 9. MIT-DMCG and BBN provide very good user service, + especially the site survey. Also these sites have + good responses to define events. Can UCSB provide + local users with similar information? {Jim White?} + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ] + [ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ] + + + + + [Page 3] + -- cgit v1.2.3