The Little Garden / TLGnet Inc.
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Brad Parker wrote:
> Remember 'the little garden'? That was my inspiration. Paul Vixie was
> behind it I think. As I recall it was in La Honda, not far from where I
> went to summer camp as a kid. If I've got it wrong please correct me.
Well I have a lot of stuff from this era -- I had a life-killing
disk crash and backup tape death in 1992, so I have nothing before
Jan 93 ecept for the recent CP/M recovery.
But I have pretty much everything from TLG/the little garden. Here's
the oldest thing I cold find that was meta enough to be
interesting.
The context is, I ran the thing that was erroneously called a
"cooperative" though we were very co-operative in fact. I ran
the network, and started this (very fidonewsish) monthly
news mailing to all members of tlg. This is the earliest
mailing I have (I think).
(It was originally 'the little garden', no d/b/a or anything.
It later incorporated as TLGnet, Inc.)
notes;
ANything named "nos" are NOS boxen -- Phil Karn's ham radio KA9Q
code that just so happened to do TCP/IP routing. It was
quasi-stable. We ran it on single-floppy, 2MB 40MHz 386's.
cygnus used to be housed in a couple of residential apartments
at 814 University, Palo Alto, hence we put a POP there.
Looks like wps.com (was fido, now turing) was pingable (386/bsd)
Jan 93.
I suppose I should put all this crap on the website for googling.
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(Phone numbers obscured -- tomj 14 Jan 2005)
Brief news about The Little Garden, February 1993.
I am *finally* connected to the internet, rather than just mailing through
a gateway to/fro FidoNet.
Some new members again this month. Unlike previous months, I have
personally and recently verified every system's DNS data (with NIC.DDN.MIL
down to the SOA). I will continue to check new members, and will followup
and repair or otherwise deal with 'down' systems.
Once such is tsoft.net. Their DNS data was corrupt, and then a dead modem
took them off the air. I put a loaner modem in place, awaiting final repair/
replacement, and I will make sure their DNS is working ASAP.
gnu-age.com is down with hardware troubles; due to a job change Joe might
not be coming online again.
If you notice trouble in the little garden, please notify me; I will
do what I can to solve problems, and increasingly, try to head them off
before they happen.
Two items follow this message: the current, updated contact list (corrected
phone numbers and additional backup email addresses for many), followed
by an ASCII map of the end leafs of the little garden; handy if you suspect
network troubles, and want numeric IP addresses to ping for testing, if
nothing else.
The Little Garden Network: Contacts List, February 93
Member Contact Email Phone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TLG everybody the-little-garden_at_cygnus.com
Alternet Operations[*] ops_at_uunet.uu.net +1 703 xxx xxxx 24hrs
TIS John Sebes ejs_at_ba.tis.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
Rich Feiertag feiertag_at_ba.tis.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
Nancy Kelem kelem_at_ba.tis.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
Steve Crocker crocker_at_tis.com +1 301 xxx xxxx MD site
Cygnus John Gilmore gnu_at_cygnus.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
gnu_at_toad.com +1 415 xxx xxxx sf site
Stu Grossman grossman_at_cygnus.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
Jean Marie Diaz ambar_at_cygnus.com +1 415 xxx xxxx mv site
Jim Wilson wilson_at_cygnus.com +1 415 xxx xxxx pa site
Pozar Tim Pozar pozar_at_kumr.lns.com +1 415 xxx xxxx site (h)
+1 415 xxx xxxx (w)
Hoover Kenton Hoover shibumi_at_joes.garage.com +1 415 xxx xxxx (h)
shibumi_at_turbo.bio.net +1 415 xxx xxxx (w)
CFCL Rich Morin rdm_at_cfcl.com +1 415 xxx xxxx site
xxx xxxx
Tharp Phil Tharp tharp_at_adobe.com +1 415 xxx xxxx (w)
ptharp_at_cif.com +1 415 xxx xxxx (h)
(CIF.COM DOESN'T EXIST: use cif.ba.tis.com for now)
Lever Edward Elhauge ee_at_lever.lever.com +1 415 xxx xxxx x314 site (w)
Richard Couture richard_at_myrddin.imat.com +1 415 xxx xxxx site (h)
Wired Mark Seiden mis_at_wired.com +1 415 xxx xxxx site
(wired_at_well.sf.ca.us) +1 415 xxx xxxx site
(jonathan_at_casa.stanford.edu)
Joe Arceneaux jla_at_gnu-age.com +1 415 xxx xxxx h
(GNU-AGE.COM IS DOWN)
Michael Park mikep_at_dragoman.com +1 415 xxx xxxx h
(mikep_at_abekas.com) +1 415 xxx xxxx w
tsoft Mike Durkin mdurkin_at_tsoft.net +1 805 xxx xxxx h
(mdurkin_at_polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu)
(TSOFT.NET IS DOWN)
Paul Goldstone paul_at_traveler.com +1 415 xxx xxxx h
;NEW MEMBERS
David Muir Sharnoff <reg. not complete> +1 510 xxx xxxx h
(muir_at_cogsci.berkeley.edu)
wsrcc Wolfgang Rupprecht wolfgang_at_wsrcc.com +1 510 xxx xxxx h
(wolfgang_at_mgm.mit.edu)
Tom Jennings tomj_at_wps.com +1 415 xxx xxxx h/w
Mark Seiden mis_at_seiden.com +1 415 xxx xxxxxx xxxx
(mis_at_usenix.org)
[*] Note: Only TIS should call Alternet.
[**] Note: An "URGENT" message will get fast response
Map of the little garden universe, member-centric. This is meant as a
guide, rather than the current Absolute Truth. Useful for pinging various
hosts'n'routers when you suspect trouble. Meet your neighbors!
Tom Jennings tomj_at_fido.wps.com
4 Feb 93
[NOTE: All addresses are in Class B subnet 140.174.xx.xx; eg.
.85.1 is shorthand for 140.174.85.1.]
to the big room
and beyond
^
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| .
+-------+ . +-------+
|gw-mv- |.24.1 .23.253 |gw-liv.|
|pa.cyg |---------------|cygnus.|---+--------------- ethernet
|nus.com| . | .com | |
+-------+ . +-------+ |
.9.1 | . |
| . | .23.13
| . (814 Univ., +-------+
.9.2 | . Palo Alto) | nos1. |
+-------+ . |cygnus.| --> member IPs
|gw-pa- | . | .com |
| sf.cyg| . +-------+
|nus.com| .
+-------+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.5.2 |
|
|
|
. . . . . .|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| (Toad Hall, San Francisco)
|
.5.1 |
+-------+
| gw. |
| toad. |
| com |
+-------+
.2.23 |
|
+-------+---------------+---------------+--------- ethernet
| | |
| | |
.2.66 | .2.69 | .2.71 |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| nos1. | | nos2. | | nos3. |
| toad. | | toad. | | toad. |
| com | | com | | com |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| <----- Member SLIP connections -----> |
Router names appear in UPPER CASE.
Toad Hall, San Francisco
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Routers in series with San Francisco TLG members' IP addresses:
gw-mv-pa.cygnus.com
gw-pa-sf.cygnus.com
gw.toad.com
[Subnets .83.xx, .84.xx, and .86.xx through .89.xx routed to 2.23]
[CHECK THIS!]
Router (56K termination):
GW.TOAD.COM .2.23
On the local ethernet:
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
toad.com .2.1 gnu (John Gilmore)
nos1.toad.com .2.66 Router for TLG members, see below
nos2.toad.com .2.69 Router for TLG members, see below
nos3.toad.com .2.71 Router for TLG members, see below
mofo.toad.com .2.20 curt (Curt Mayer)
NOS1.TOAD.COM .2.66 (Router for the following members)
.8.xx (Subnet allocated to SLIP ports)
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
kumr.lns.com .8.1 .8.2 .7.xx pozar (Tim Pozar)
.8.1 .8.2 .66.xx pozar (Tim Pozar)
joes.garage.com .8.128 .8.130 .69.xx shibumi (Kenton Hoover)
cfcl.com .8.65 .8.66 .42.xx rdm (Rich Morin)
lever.com .8.193 .8.194 .20.xx ee (Ed Elhauge)
NOS2.TOAD.COM .2.69 (Router for the following members)
.73.xx (Subnet allocated to SLIP ports)
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
myrddin.imat.com .73.1 .73.2 .70.xx richard (Richard Couture)
gnu-age.com .73.129 .73.130 .71.xx jla (Joe Arceneaux)
wired.com .73.193 .73.194 .72.xx chance (Jonathan Steuer)
.73.65 .73.66 .82.xx (David Sharnoff)
NOS3.TOAD.COM .2.71 (Router for the following members)
.74.xx (Subnet allocated to SLIP ports)
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
wps.com .74.1 .74.2 .77.xx tomj (Tom Jennings)
(unassigned) .74.193 .74.194 .78.xx
(unassigned) .74.65 .74.66 .79.xx
(unassigned) .74.129 .74.130 .80.xx
University Ave, Palo Alto
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Routers in series with Palo Alto members' IP addresses:
gw-mv-pa.cygnus.com
gw-liv.cygnus.com
nos1.cygnus.com.cygnus.com
Router (56K termination):
GW-LIV.CYGNUS.COM .23.253
On the local ethernet:
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
ecotone.toad.com .23.9 hugh (Hugh Daniels)
sendai.cygnus.com .23.12 (Rich Pixley)
moria.cygnus.com .23.22 wilson (Jim Wilson)
kitsup.cygnus.com .23.40 (Sean Fagan)
NOS.CYGNUS.COM .23.13 Router for the following members:
.85.xx (Subnet allocated for NOS use)
(Note that the Portmaster doesn't use a dest. SLIP address; we keep them
allocated for consistency. Four bit submasks are used because there are
10 ports per box.)
--- domain ------ gate -- dest -- subnet -- user -- name, etc
dragoman.com .85.2 .85.1 .86.xx mikep (Mike Park)
wsrcc.com .85.66 .85.65 .88.xx wolfgang (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
tsoft.net .85.130 .85.129 .87.xx mdurkin (Mike Durkin)
traveler.com .85.194 .85.193 .89.xx paul (Paul Goldstone)
seiden.com? .85.226 .85.225 .90.xx mark (Mark Seiden)
(unassigned) .91.xx
(unassigned) .92.xx
Pozar's two-bit(tm) addressing
4-bit m m m m
2-bit m m
(.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
(.129) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (.130) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
(.65) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 (.66) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
(.193) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 (.194) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
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