NCP is the user interface for DECnet configuration, not the network stack. It is the "Network Control Program", the program to control DECnet networking. For example: NCP> SHOW KNOWN NODES will show the node known to the node you execute this command on.
Ulli Am Mo., 23. Feb. 2026 um 09:09 Uhr schrieb Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk < [email protected]>: > Paul Koning wrote: > > NCP didn't reallly exist until Phase III (though TOPS-20 Phase II does > > have an NCP, with syntax different from the later one matching no > > specification I have ever seen). > > What does NCP mean in this context? I thought DECnet NCP meant Network > Control Program, same as in an ARPANET, CHAOSnet, or SNA context. > I.e. a software component now known as "network stack". >
