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| − | '''CHAOSnet''' was 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. | + | '''CHAOSnet''' was 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. |
The LAN was a [[CSMA-CD]] system modeled on the [[Xerox PARC]] 3 megabit/second [[Ethernet]], running over [[cable TV]] cable. The protocol was later made to run over standard 10 megabit/second Ethernet, which largely supplanted the CHAOSnet hardware. | The LAN was a [[CSMA-CD]] system modeled on the [[Xerox PARC]] 3 megabit/second [[Ethernet]], running over [[cable TV]] cable. The protocol was later made to run over standard 10 megabit/second Ethernet, which largely supplanted the CHAOSnet hardware. | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 10 May 2018
CHAOSnet was the name for both an internetworking protocol family, and an early LAN technology, both invented at the MIT AI Laboratory; the latter was the LAN on which the protocol first ran.
The LAN was a CSMA-CD system modeled on the Xerox PARC 3 megabit/second Ethernet, running over cable TV cable. The protocol was later made to run over standard 10 megabit/second Ethernet, which largely supplanted the CHAOSnet hardware.
The protocol provided a reliable byte stream service, but also had a datagram mode.
There were implementations for at least ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machines, VAX/VMS, BSD Unix, and PDP-11 Unix V7.
External links
- Lisp Machine Chaosnet documentation Includes chapters on ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machine, and Unix implementations.
