Janus/Ada implementation of a star cluster network of personal computers with interface to an EHTERNET LAN allowing access to DDN resources

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Authors
Hartman, Robert L.
Yasinsac, Alec F.
Subjects
LAN
concentrator
cluster
DON access
Janus/Ada
Advisors
Kodres, Uno R.
Date of Issue
1986-06
Date
June 1986
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis demonstrates the viability of implementing a local area network connecting a star cluster of Z-100 personal computers to an ETHERNET local area network and allowing access to a wide area network, ARPANET, through a host on ETHERNET, the VAX 11-780 minicomputer operating under UNIX. The system allows local file and message transfer in port-to-port and broadcast mode between Z-100's on the star network and remote login and file transfer to computers that are hosts on ETHERNET or are accessible through ARPANET. The microcomputers in the cluster can share expensive resources such as laser printers, the Gemini multi-level secure system, the ETHERNET medium, and the network control processor. Components of the system are programmed in the Janus/Ada programming language for both the Z-100 microcomputers and the Intel 86/12A single board computer.
Type
Thesis
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Department
Computer Science
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
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Funder
Format
340 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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