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Aazure.300 net.general,fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!teklabs!tekmdp!azure!stevenm Mon Dec 14 11:36:32 1981 Network Map

I have been compiling my own personal netmap for a while, and since no others have come out recently, I decided to publish this. While I am here, I would like to reiterate something I mentioned several months ago: the net is getting too big to map in a pretty visual manner. What we need is a database of the form:

site <NEIGHBOR-LIST>

e.g. chico harpo,duke,teklabs,ucbvax,bozo

with the neighbor-list ordered in an arbitrary "decreasing throughput" order. I am working on a program that will (given this database, your host name and destination name) provide the "best" path to the other site. If anybody has ideas for a good cost-function for odering the list, let me know.

(Note: this does not pretend to be complete, although I would appreciate corrections and additions from anyone.)

(P.s: Please excuse the large hole in the upper right corner of the map, but the Tektronix map is considered (sigh) confidential.)

In any case, here is my (last) map:

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UUCP/USENET Logical Map - June 1, 1981 / mods by S. McGeady 11/19/81

(ucbvax) +=+===================================+==+ | | | | | | wivax | | | | | | | | | microsoft| uiucdcs | | | | genradbo | | | | | | (Tektronix) | | | | | | | purdue | | | decvax+===+=+====+=+=+ | | | | | | | | | | | pur-phy | | tekmdp | | | | | | | | | | | +@@@@@@cca | | | | | | | | | | | | | +=pur-ee=+=+=====+===+ | | | csin | | | | | | | | +==o===+===================+==+========+=======+====teklabs=+ | | | | | | | pdp phs grumpy wolfvax | | | | | | | | | | | cincy unc=+===+======+========+ | | | | bio | | | | | (Misc) | | (Misc) | | | | sii reed | dukgeri duke34 utzoo | | | | | | | | | | | | +====+=+=+==+====++======+==++===duke=+===+=======+==+=========+ | | | | | | | | | | | u1100s | bmd70 ucf-cs ucf | andiron | | | | | | | | | | | | | red | | | | | pyuxh | | | | zeppo | | | | | psupdp---psuvax | | | | | | | | | | | alice | whuxlb | utah-cs | | houxf | allegra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--chico---+ | +===+=mhtsa====research | /=+=======harpo=+==+ | | | | | | | | / | | | | hocsr | | +=+=============+=/ cbosg---+ | | | ucbopt | | | | | esquire | | : | | | cbosgd | | | : | | | | | | ucbcory | | eagle==+=====+=====+=====+=====+ | | | : | | | | | | | | | +-uwvax--+ | : | | | mhuxa mhuxh mhuxj mhuxm mhuxv | | | : | | | | | | : | | | +----------------------------o--+ | : | | | | | | ucbcad | | | ihpss mh135a | | : | | | | | | | : \--o--o------ihnss----vax135----cornell | | : | | | | | +=+==ucbvax==========+===+==+=+======+=======+=+========+=========+ (UCB) : | | | | (Silicon Valley) ucbarpa cmevax | | menlo70--hao : | | | | ucbonyx | | | sri-unix | ucsfcgl | | | | Legend: | | sytek====+========+ ------- | | | | - | / \ + = Uucp sdcsvax=+=======+=+======+ intelqa zehntel = "Bus" | | | o jumps sdcarl phonlab sdcattb : Berknet @ Arpanet

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S. McGeady

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