The first networked Unix system was one produced at the University of Illinois in 1974-75 for use on the ARPANET; it used the NCP protocol.
The code is divided into three main groups: code for the kernel (further divided into device drivers, and code common to all methods of interfacing to the ARPANET); a daemon which ran as a process, which handled a lot of the protocol overhead (e.g. opening and closing connections); and programs (also run as processes) to implement applications such as FTP and TELNET.
The code was originally written mostly by Gary R. Grossman and Steve F. Holmgren; many others later contributed fixes and improvements. The code rapidly spread among computer science centers which were connected to the ARPANET; this copy of the code came via NOSC (Naval Ocean Systems Center) and SRI.
Also included are two important major application packages produced elsewhere: the MH mail reader, done by Bruce S. Borden at RAND based on suggestions by R. Stockton Gaines; and the MMDF mail agent, written by David Crocker at the University of Delaware.
For more information about this system, see:
- Steve Holmgren; "The Network UNIX System"; Center for Advanced
Computation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana, Illinois;
1975
- Karl C Kelley, Richard Balocca, Jody Kravitz; "A Network Unix System for
the ARPANET: Volume 1"
- The Network Control Program"; Center for Advanced
Computation and Computing Services Office, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign; Urbana, Illinois; 1978
File | Size | Date |
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compile-old | 5603 | 1979-05-25 |
compile.new | 5515 | 1979-05-25 |
compile.orig | 4956 | 1979-05-18 |
conf | dir | |
dmr | dir | |
doc | dir | |
green | dir | |
green47 | dir | |
h | dir | |
install-old | 752 | 1979-05-25 |
install | 792 | 1979-05-25 |
install.orig | 690 | 1979-05-18 |
ken | dir | |
loadit-old | 716 | 1979-05-25 |
loadit | 723 | 1979-05-25 |
loadit.orig | 652 | 1979-05-18 |
mdec | dir | |
mh | dir | |
mmdf | dir | |
mung | 170 | 1979-05-25 |
ncpd | dir | |
ncpk | dir | |
ncpp | dir | |
new | dir | |
reconfigure | 790 | 1979-03-22 |
s1 | dir | |
s2 | dir | |
s3 | dir |