RFC 302 (rfc302) - Page 2 of 3

Exercising The ARPANET

Obtaining the Answers
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     Under the direction of UCSB Professor James Howard, a test
group of 14 graduate students was formed to pursue the questions
above, and any other aspect of ARPANET operation that they might
uncover.

     The test group has been given access to the 16 console On-Line
System classroom in the E.E. Department at UCSB.  The 16 consoles
produce graphic and alphanumeric displays and are tied into the
UCSB Host 360-75 which gains them access to the network.  Old
style Culler-Fried keyboards are being used which provide a
limited key set  Jim White has managed to program around most of
the protocol problems brought about by these keyboards, but some
still remain.

     Seminars were given to the test group to familiarize them
with software and hardware aspects of the ARPANET, the local NIC
file has been made available to the group, and the group has been
allowed to sign onto the Network to pursue any available system.

     Following the initial period of two weeks, during which the
group developed some familiarity with the network, the test group
has been divided into working groups with emphasis as follows:


         Patric Timlick      }      BBN-TENEX
         Dave Stearns        }      BBN-TENEX B

         John Pickens        }      SRI-ARC (NIC)
         Doug Beaubien       }

         Dave Whittington    }
         Richard Haraguchi   }      MIT-Multics
         Maria deGraaf       }      MIT-DMCG
         Richard Melton      }
         Su Sung Won         }

         Ronald Varekamp     }
         Jeoff Benson        }      UCLA-CCN    HARV-10
         Hasan A. El. Hasan  }      UCLA-NMC    UTAH-10
         George Engelberg    }      RAND-CSG    LL-67
         Rodney Skinner      }