RFC 1                        Host Software                 7 April 1969


c.  After Receipt and Compilation of the DEL program


         /                                                     \
        |     +-----------+                    +-----------+    |
        |     |           |                    |           |    |
        |     |           |                    |           |    |
        |     | terminal  |                    | terminal  |    |
        |     |           |                    |           |    |
        |     |           |                    |           |    |
        |     +-----+-----+                    +-----+-----+    |
        |           |Trivial                         |          |
        |           |Responses                       |          |
        |           |                                |          |
        |     +-----+------+                    +-----------+   |
        |     |     |      |                    |     |     |   |
   UCLA {     |     |      |  Major Responses   |     |     |   } SRI ___
        |     |  +--+--+   |  +-+          +-+  |  +--+---+ |   |    /   |
        |     |  |DEL  |---+-=|I|----------|I|=-+--|OS|NLS| +---+---|    |
        |     |  |front|   |  +-+          +-+  |  +------+ |   |   |___/
        |     |  | end |   |                    |           |   |   |    |
        |     |  |prog.|   |                    |           |   |   |____|
        |     |  +-----+   |                    |           |   |
        |     |  | OS  |   |                    |           |   |
        |     |  +-----+   |                    |           |   |
        |     |            |                    |           |   |
        |     +------------+                    +-----------+   |
        |      HOST: UCLA                         HOST: SRI     |
         \                                                     /

Open Questions

   1.  If the IMPs do code conversion, the checksum will not be correct.

   2.  The procedure for requesting the DEL front end is not yet
   specified.

IV.  Initial Experiments

Experiment One

   SRI is currently modifying their on-line retrieval system which will
   be the major software component on the Network Documentation Center so
   that it can be operated with model 35 teletypes.  The control of the
   teletypes will be written in DEL.  All sites will write DEL compilers
   and use NLS through the DEL program.

Experiment Two




 
RFC 1                        Host Software                 7 April 1969


   SRI will write a DEL front end for full NLS, graphics included.  UCLA
   and UTAH will use NLS with graphics.


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