23 Feb
2026
23 Feb
'26
7:05 a.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
NCP didn't reallly exist until Phase III (though
TOPS-20 Phase II does
have an NCP, with syntax different from the later one matching no
specification I have ever seen).
What does NCP mean in this context? I thought DECnet NCP meant Network
Control Program, same as in an ARPANET, CHAOSnet, or SNA context.
I.e. a software component now known as "network stack".