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PDP-11 operating system created at MIT.

Its design is vaguely reminiscent of ITS.

It was mostly used in the MIT network, as 'bridges' (routers, to use the contemporary nomenclature) and terminal concentrators. Also used to drive graphical terminals, and provide Chaosnet front ends to KL10 processors.

Features

Networking protocols supported:

Hardware devices supported:

  • DH11
  • DL11
  • DZ11
  • DMC11
  • DR11
  • DUP11
  • DTE20, KL10 front end interface
  • CH11, Chaosnet interface
  • 3com Ethernet interface
  • NI1010, Interlan Ethernet interface
  • Xerox PARC 3 Mbit Ethernet
  • Pertek frame buffer

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