RFC 222

RFC 222 · System Programmer's Workshop ✨

Okay bestie, here's the title block tea 🫖 This is RFC 222 from the Network Working Group, with NIC 7621 🎀. It's by R. Metcalfe at Project MAC, dated 13 September 1971 📅. There's no category, obsoletes, or updates info listed in this one 🙈 Also, the page header says "RFC 220 System Programmer's Workshop," so the header is a little confused lol 💀

As described in RFC's #207 and #212, the next meeting of the ARPA Computer Network Working Group (NWG) is happening at MIT Project MAC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 10-14, 1971 🦋

The first phase of the NWG meeting is a workshop for a representative group of system programmers from sites with operational TELNET interfaces 💻 From noon on Sunday, October 10, until sometime late Monday evening, teams of workshop participants will hit the ARPA network from MAC consoles 🔥 The goal is to study its operational characteristics and work on any remaining trouble spots in protocols and their implementations 🧚

Even though the NWG meeting is geared for heavy attendance, our facilities and objectives make it important that no more than a dozen system programmers be present for the grueling workshop sessions 😭 These system programmers should be from sites with operational TELNET interfaces (user and/or server) and should have a working knowledge of protocols, their own NCP's, and TELNET implementations 🎀 If your site wants to send a system programmer, leave their name and address with Anne Speare at (617) 864-6900 x1458 💅

In prep for the workshop, we're working on documentation describing our user TELNET, plus a site-use scenario booklet to be used at the workshop for exercising various systems 📖 The plan is to establish a pattern of routine usage with as many sites as possible before the workshop 🌸 While developing the booklet, we'll be looking for advice and comment from participating hosts ✨

Because computers with operational network protocols are central to the success of the workshop, we're working hard to bring our developing system into a period of stability 🛠️ We're also making special arrangements for on-site hardware repair personnel 👑 To the extent that participating sites can make similar preparations, the chances for a successful workshop get even better 🫶

We're hoping knowledgeable network people will be on call at the various sites during the workshop, so there's some hope of fixing minor implementation problems on the fly 🌈

We'll begin the workshop at noon on Sunday, October 10, with a brief strategy meeting in Project MAC's second floor conference room, #217, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 🏛️ Our first mission is to establish and exercise all possible TELNET connections with MAC's PDP-10 (Host 70.) 🍓 When this first check-off is complete, we'll meet again to discuss difficulties and regroup for our second mission 💜 By appropriately nesting TELNET's, we'll pair up to systematically fill in the matrix of possible TELNET connections 🦋

During the workshop we expect to be finding and fixing implementation problems, discussing protocol, and getting an extremely valuable introduction to the use of a wide variety of hosts 🤩 Our experience in the workshop will be an important input to the NWG sessions to follow 🔥 In particular, we're to generate specific reports for the protocol review and status sessions 📝

See you then 💖

Bob Metcalfe

(617) 864-6900
 x1429 Office
 x1458 Secretary
 x2910 Computer Room

Room 203
Project MAC
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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