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From: bjf@utcs.UUCP (Bruce Freeman)
Newsgroups: ut.general
Subject: New U of T Network Map out
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Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 20:53:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 20:53:19 1985
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A new network map is out and floating around the University. The latest map is
dated Feb 14 and shows some new hubnet connections as well as the addition of
utflis to the tcp/ip network. UTCS staff may obtain copies from me, CSRI/DCS/
Engineering people may obtain copies from Ron Wessels, and people at other sites
should only contact me for a copy if there is absolutely noone else they can get
it from. While I have your attention I thought I would mention the criteria I
use to judge when a new map should come out so you have a rough idea when a
new one is likely to come out.  I only have time to do this about once a month
so don't expect a new copy if utai (for example) suddenly goes on hubnet but you
can expect a new copy if one of the cdf machines were to go on hubnet. Hopefully
this will give you some idea of the magnitude of change required for a new map.

On another point some people have mentioned that I have not shown some smaller
computers (notably home-grown 16032 machines). For space reasons I can not put
every computer on the map. If there were a 100 micros out there I would not have
the room and most people would not care about individual micros but that they
were on the network. For this reason I might just have one box saying "100 PC's"
or something. It is possible I may do this with the 16032 machines. Comments
are welcome. I appreciate the responses I get back from people who have the map
and am always willing to consider suggestions for improvement.  At the moment I
am using arbitrary size limits as to who is and is not on the map. At the moment
this is when a machine is multi-user and used by more than one person. Under
this qualification uturing barely qualifies. This qualification may change and
who knows I may find a photocopier that reduces even more than the one I use
now ...
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Bruce Freeman	University of Toronto	{decvax|ihnp4|utzoo}!utcs!bjf