romkey@kaos.UUCP (John Romkey) (05/08/88)
In article <233@laic.UUCP> wilson@laic.UUCP (Robin Wilson) writes: >... Symbolics using CHAOS (TCP derivative)... Point of information: the Chaos protocols are not TCP-derivative. They were developed independently at the MIT AI Laboratory just before or at about the same time as TCP was first being worked on. The Chaosnet protocols were developed along with the Chaosnet hardware, which is pretty much gone today. They look a lot like TCP except that Chaos addresses are smaller, the reliable stream protocol is sequences blocks of data rather than bytes, and the "IP" and "TCP"-like parts of it are smooshed together, Chaos has 'contact names' rather than well known ports...well, the Chaos protocols bear some resemblance, anyway. -- - john romkey UUCP: romkey@kaos.uucp ARPA: romkey@xx.lcs.mit.edu ...harvard!spdcc!kaos!romkey Telephone: (617) 776-3121