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From: fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: HINFO record consistency
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.175427.2021@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 17:54:27 GMT
References: <1990Nov27.234016.21510@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Organization: Columbia University Center for Computing Activities
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In article <1990Nov27.234016.21510@terminator.cc.umich.edu> bryan@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Bryan Beecher) writes:

>Is there any semi-agreed upon convention for putting stuff in HINFOs?
>Is there a list of "proper" CPUs and OSs?  (There is a list at the NIC
>that's useful for HOSTS.TXT entries, but if I remember correctly, it's
>missing things that some people might like to have like Macs, PCs,
>Xterminals and other things.)
>
>If there isn't a convention or list already, I'd like to volunteer to
>assemble a list of CPUs and OSs suitable for use in HINFO records.
>Then if we can keep this list in well-known spots on the Internet,
>it might be possible to get people to use it and get some standardization.
>And then maybe HINFO records could be used for something worthwhile.

I believe RFC1060 "Assigned Numbers" (March 1990) is where machine
names and system names are listed.

The "status" sections says:

   This memo is a status report on the parameters (i.e., numbers and
   keywords) used in protocols in the Internet community.  Distribution
   of this memo is unlimited.

It has sections named MACHINE NAMES (p.53) and SYSTEM NAMES (p.57)

Mahcine names IBM-PC, IBM-PC/AT, etc. are in there, as is MAC-II
(Macintosh?). The system name "X11R3" is there (for X terminals?),
though not X11R4 (yet).

This version obsoletes RFC1010 "Assigned Numbers" (May 1987).
Assigned Numbers seems to get updated yearly, except for the gap
between 1987 and 1990.


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