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'''CHAOSnet''' was a [[protocol suite|protocol family]] invented at the [[MIT AI Laboratory]]. It provided a [[reliable byte stream]] service, but also had a [[datagram]] mode.
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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.
  
It originally ran on early custom [[LAN]] technology designed at the AI Lab - a [[CSMA-CD]] system modeled on the [[Xerox]] [[PARC]] 3 megabit/second [[Ethernet]], running over [[cable TV]] cable, also called 'CHAOSnet'. It was later made to run over standard 10 megabit/second Ethernet.
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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.
  
There were implementations for at least [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]], [[TOPS-20]], Lisp Machines, [[VMS|VAX/VMS]], [[BSD|BSD Unix]], and PDP-11 [[Unix Seventh Edition|Unix V7]].
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The protocol provided a [[reliable byte stream]] service, but also had a [[datagram]] mode.
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== Implementations ==
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* Lisp machines
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* [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]]
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* [[TOPS-20]]
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* [[FOONEX]]
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* [[VMS|VAX/VMS]]
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* [[BSD|BSD Unix]]
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* [[MINITS]]
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* PDP-11 [[Unix Seventh Edition|Unix V7]]
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* [[MagicSix]]
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* [https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge Chaosnet Bridge]
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* Oswalds's [http://josephoswald.nfshost.com/chaos-python/summary.html Python] and [http://josephoswald.nfshost.com/chaos-lisp/summary.html Lisp] implementations.
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* Linux.
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== Hardware, and simulations ==
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* CH11, [[UNIBUS]] device
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* [[QBCHNI]], [[QBUS]] device
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* CH10, [[PDP-10]] I/O bus device
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* [[KLH10]] simulates a CH11
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* [[SIMH]]'s [[KS10]] simulates a CH11
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* SIMH's [[KA10]] is a work in progress, CH10 support planned
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
* [https://lm-3.github.io/amber.html Lisp Machine Chaosnet documentation] Includes chapters on ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machine, and Unix implementations.
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* [https://lm-3.github.io/amber.html AI memo 623] - Includes chapters on ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machine, and Unix implementations.
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* [https://tumbleweed.nu/r/lm-3/uv/amber.html Chaosnet] - Detailed descriptions of both the hardware system, and the protociol(s)
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[[Category: Networking]]

Revision as of 18:19, 14 December 2020

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.

Implementations

Hardware, and simulations

  • KLH10 simulates a CH11
  • SIMH's KS10 simulates a CH11
  • SIMH's KA10 is a work in progress, CH10 support planned

External links

  • AI memo 623 - Includes chapters on ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machine, and Unix implementations.
  • Chaosnet - Detailed descriptions of both the hardware system, and the protociol(s)