21 Jan
2014
21 Jan
'14
9:04 a.m.
On Jan 20, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
My short list would include any available materials
related to the
following, in addition to ARPAnet and Internet history:
...
DECnet:
We got things like ISIS from DECnet.
And OSPF, and some of the congestion control bits of TCP. And while it wasn?t technically
DECnet, the bridge (switch) spanning tree protocol came from DEC, designed by some of the
same people that designed DECnet.
paul