Selected NBSNET software
Michael Strawbridge, Sheryl Schooley, Joseph Sokol, Robert Crosson · 1984
NBSNET is a local area communications network at the National Bureau of Standards.Ethernet-like in its design, it has operated successfully since 1979, supporting terminal-computer and computer-computer communications.Devices physically connect to NBSNET through RS-232-C interfaces; each being customized to the device being served.Over 600 physical connections currently are in use.Customization primarily involves modifying the control program, called a "personality", for each interface.Each personality is divided into modules which implement, among other things, the network's internal protocol and the external device communications protocol.Three external device protocols are used.A listing of the network protocol software and some typical personality modules is supplied.