Chaosnet - Revision history

Jnc: /* Encapsulation */ Link API

2025-09-06T10:17:26Z

‎Encapsulation: Link API

Jnc: /* External links */ +Chaosnet protocol details

2025-09-06T02:55:12Z

‎External links: +Chaosnet protocol details

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Protocol implementations */ Written by Nathaniel Mishkin at Yale, as per https://saildart.org/WORKS.MSG[UP,DOC] and personal communication in 2024.

2024-12-13T12:40:26Z

‎Protocol implementations: Written by Nathaniel Mishkin at Yale, as per https://saildart.org/WORKS.MSG[UP,DOC] and personal communication in 2024.

Jnc: Add transceiver image

2024-08-02T01:23:42Z

Add transceiver image

Jnc: Article covers both hardware and protocol, so add to hardware cat

2024-08-01T21:35:05Z

Article covers both hardware and protocol, so add to hardware cat

Larsbrinkhoff: Since Chaosnet is both the LAN technology "hardware" and protocol suite, I argue that it should be categorized as both "Networking" and "Network Protocols".

2024-07-30T06:02:29Z

Since Chaosnet is both the LAN technology "hardware" and protocol suite, I argue that it should be categorized as both "Networking" and "Network Protocols".

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Protocol implementations */ Multics too.

2024-07-22T12:23:32Z

‎Protocol implementations: Multics too.

Vaxorcist: /* Protocol implementations */ CHAOSnet VAX/VMS run status is "Work underway"

2024-07-18T08:10:51Z

‎Protocol implementations: CHAOSnet VAX/VMS run status is "Work underway"

Vaxorcist: /* Protocol implementations */ CHAOSnet VAX/VMS is publicly available now

2024-07-18T08:08:52Z

‎Protocol implementations: CHAOSnet VAX/VMS is publicly available now

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Hardware, and simulations */ Add usim and LambdaDelta emulators.

2024-07-09T06:59:47Z

‎Hardware, and simulations: Add usim and LambdaDelta emulators.

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 * [[TLS]] over [[TCP/IP]] (the preferred encapsulation across the [[Internet]], see [https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/TLS.md])
-There is a [[bridge]]/[[router]] that understands all these, including Ethernet and IP, written by Bjorn Victor. It also has an API (a "Network Control Program") providing Chaos for modern computers.
+There is a [[bridge]]/[[router]] that understands all these, including Ethernet and IP, written by Bjorn Victor. There is also an [[Application Programming Interface|API]] (to a "Network Control Program") for providing Chaos on modern computers.
 == Protocol implementations ==

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 ** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/doc/sysdoc/chaos.file CHAOS FILE] - Chaosnet FILE protocol
 ** [https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/chaos/chaos.plans CHAOS;CHAOS PLANS] - interesting details of the physical installation at MIT, plans for building ore boards, etc
-* [https://chaosnet.net/ Chaosnet wiki] - central site for a global emulated Chaosnet, also with descriptions of packet formats and (application) protocol details.
+* [https://chaosnet.net/ Chaosnet wiki] - central site for a global emulated Chaosnet, also with descriptions of packet formats and (application) protocol details
 * [https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V8/usr/sys/chaos/ chaos] - [[Unix Eighth Edition]] implementation
 * [https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V8/usr/sys/chunix/ chunix]

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 | [https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge Chaosnet Bridge] || Yes || Yes || Yes
 |-
 | Oswalds's [http://josephoswald.nfshost.com/chaos-python/summary.html Python] and [http://josephoswald.nfshost.com/chaos-lisp/summary.html Lisp] implementations || Yes || Yes || Yes?

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:23, 2 August 2024
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		+	[[Image:LMI Chaosnet Transceiver.png\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Chaosnet [[transceiver]] from [[LMI]]; AI Lab transceivers were almost identical, but were open. Note the [[CATV]] connector at the top corner, and the [[D Subminiature Connector]] to the [[network interface]] at the bottom.]]
		+
	'''Chaosnet''' is the name for both an [[internetworking]] [[protocol suite\|protocol family]], and an early [[Local area network\|LAN]] technology, both invented at the [[MIT AI Laboratory]]; the latter was the LAN on which the protocol first ran. (This article will use 'Chaosnet' for the latter, and 'Chaos' for the former, to reduce confusion.)		'''Chaosnet''' is the name for both an [[internetworking]] [[protocol suite\|protocol family]], and an early [[Local area network\|LAN]] technology, both invented at the [[MIT AI Laboratory]]; the latter was the LAN on which the protocol first ran. (This article will use 'Chaosnet' for the latter, and 'Chaos' for the former, to reduce confusion.)

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:35, 1 August 2024
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	[[Category: Network Protocols]]		[[Category: Network Protocols]]
	[[Category: Chaos]]		[[Category: Chaos]]
		+	[[Category: Chaosnet Hardware]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:02, 30 July 2024
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	[[Category: Networking]]		[[Category: Networking]]
		+	[[Category: Network Protocols]]
	[[Category: Chaos]]		[[Category: Chaos]]

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 | [[Unix Eighth Edition|Unix V8]] || Yes || Yes || No
 |-
 | [[MagicSix]] || No || - || -

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 | [[FOONEX]] || Yes || Yes || No
 |-
-| [[VMS|VAX/VMS]] || Yes || Yes || No
+| [[VMS|VAX/VMS]] || Yes || Yes || Work underway
 |-
 | [[BSD|BSD Unix]] || Yes || Yes || Yes

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 * [[SIMH]]'s [[KS10]], [[PDP-11]], and [[VAX]] simulate a CH11
 * SIMH's [[KA10]] and [[KL10]] simulates a CH10
 == See also ==