[ih] Fwd: Packet Radio and Internet Documents

[Jack Haverty]

Thanks Barbara (& Greg!).   I can't recall that I ever saw a PRTN until 
today, except for a few that were also issued as IENs.  I wonder if that 
was because of limited distribution or just being too busy with other 
stuff (like writing code, etc.).   Maybe there was a lot more on the NIC 
server than I ever ran across.

I suspect other people working on The Internet back in the 80s didn't 
see many of the reports from the various "other" projects that were part 
of The Internet - e.g., all the work on AlohaNet, ARPANET internals, 
SATNET, WBNET, et al.   It's sure a lot easier now to find such things, 
now that we have search engines and archives like DTIC.

By the way, that PRTN identifies the contract number that funded the 
work - MDA 903-77-C-0272   I've found such numbers to be excellent 
"search terms" for finding other old related technical info.  For 
example, if you go to discover.dtic.mil and type that number into the 
search box, a lot of other packet radio literature will show up.

Jack


On 3/21/25 13:52, Greg Skinner wrote:
> Forwarded for Barbara.  I would also like to add that PRTN 268 is a 
> simulation study by Zaw-Sing Su of the Ft. Bragg packet radio testbed 
> described in the advanced technology testbed paper authored by Mike 
> Frankel that I posted some time ago.  The simulation study also 
> includes some correspondence between Zaw-Sing and MF.  Some of those 
> PRTNs, such as PRTN 292 (Radia Perlman’s “Flying Packet Radios and 
> Network Partitions") became IENs (IEN 146 in this case).
>
> https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA157696.pdf
>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Barbara Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com>
>> *Subject: **Fw: Packet Radio and Internet Documents*
>> *Date: *March 21, 2025 at 11:44:28 AM PDT
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> *From:* Barbara Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2025 at 10:59:51 AM PDT
>> *Subject:* Packet Radio and Internet Documents
>>
>> I was having a side discussion with Greg Skinner and he found a 
>> document that is an index of the PRTNs (Packet Radio Temporary 
>> Notes).  Packet Radio and SURAN had its own set of documents. Since I 
>> think the gateway was originally part of the packet radio station, I 
>> thought people might like to see the list. A few look directly 
>> related to the Internet,  including a couple by Vint and one by Danny 
>> Cohen.  I haven't tried yet to see if the DTIC website also has the 
>> Internet documents. The PRTN number might help you find them.
>>
>> https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA141528.pdf
>>
>> barbara
>>
>

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