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Network stack invented at MIT. There were implementations for at least ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machines, VAX/VMS, BSD Unix, and PDP-11 Unix V7.
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'''CHAOSnet''' was a [[network 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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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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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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Revision as of 02:54, 24 December 2017

CHAOSnet was a network protocol family invented at the MIT AI Laboratory. It provided a reliable byte stream service, but also had a datagram mode.

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.

There were implementations for at least ITS, TOPS-20, Lisp Machines, VAX/VMS, BSD Unix, and PDP-11 Unix V7.

External links