22 Jul
2008
22 Jul
'08
3:16 p.m.
From: Eric Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:37 PM
Rich Alderson wrote:
> While BSD 4 may have had a TCP/IP implementation,
the reference
> implementation was done on TENEX and TOPS-20 systems and Multics.
In 1982, did either TENEX or TOPS-20, as distributed,
include TCP/IP?
My
(possibly incorrect) recollection was that TOPS-20
didn't actually
ship with
"built in" TCP/IP support at that time,
while BSD 4.1a did.
I want to say yes, but the memory has grown fuzzy. If you had an
ARPANET
connection you could order TOPS-20AN, and I know who did the TCP/IP work
for
Digital, but do I want to swear that TOPS-20AN was TCP/IP by 1982? Not
really.
On the other hand, TENEX, as a BB&N product, probably did, but I'll
admit to
speculation here.