Network Information Center schedule for network users
When the first network information service opens for business.
Melvin, J.T. and R.W. Watson, "Network Information Center schedule for network users", RFC 223, DOI 10.17487/RFC0223, September 1971, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc223>.
@misc{rfc223,
series = {Request for Comments},
number = 223,
howpublished = {RFC 223},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0223},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc223},
author = {J.T. Melvin and R.W. Watson},
title = {{Network Information Center schedule for network users}},
pagetotal = 4,
year = 1971,
month = sep,
} RFC text
Network Working Group John Melvin
Request for Comments #223 Dick Watson
SRI-ARC
NIC 7622 14 September 1971
Category: G.2
Uptades: none
NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER SCHEDULE FOR NETWORK USERS
The Network Information Center has planned to provide service for
network users on a regular basis Monday through Friday.
This service will begin on Monday, October 4, 1971.
The daily schedule for network users will be:
(times are Pacific Daylight / Pacific Standard Time)
0500 to 1200 system available
except Tuesday, when hours are 0800 to 1200
1200 to 1300 system not available
1300 to 1800 system available
1800 to 2200 system available on an irregular basis
2200 to 0500 system not available
This schedule is temporary and subject to change.
The system is available on an irregular basis on weekends.
Those periods marked as available on an irregular basis are generally
devoted to system development. Any user may be asked to log off on
short notice.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
As soon as the user's Telnet connection is established to the NIC,
the system herald will be printed, followed immediately by a brief
(possibly null) message to network users. This message will contain
any items that are of particular interest to network users.
In order to log in:
use your site ident as the user name
the password is ARPA
use an account number consisting of site ident-your last name
for example, if we receive the string
log ucla-nmc arpa ucla-postel
the user will be logged in as John Postel from UCLA
After logging in, the (possibly null) system message common to all
logins will be printed.
If you experience any trouble getting into the NIC, call us via the
telephone numbers listed below. If the number is not listed as a
direct dial, you must contact your operator and ask for the appro-
priate Zenith or Enterprise number. If the operator is unfamiliar
with the use of Enterprise or Zenith numbers, ask to speak to the
supervisor.
Dick Watson for administrative problems.
John Melvin vor NCP or Telnet problems.
Marily Auerbach or Dirk van Nouhuys for TNLS problems.
If NIC personnel do not answer, a local answering service will
take the call. Give the name of the person to whom your question
is directed and your question or comment. We will contact the
answering service every morning and reply as soon as possible.
Ident Site Phone
AMES-CD NASA Ames dial direct, 329-0740
CD Group
AMES-ILLIAC NASA Ames dial direct, 329-0740
ILLIAC Group
ARPA Advanced Research Enterprise 1-0740
Projects Agency
BBN-NET BBN Enterprise 0740
Network Group
BBN-TENEX BBN Enterprise 0740
TENEX Group
CASE Case Western Reserve Enterprise 0740
University
CMU Carnegie-Mellon Enterprise 9074
University
HARV Harvard University Enterprise 0740
ILL University of Illinois Enterprise 1074
LINC-67 M.I.T. Lincoln Lab Enterprise 0740
67 Group
LINC-TX2 M.I.T. Lincoln Lab Enterprise 0740
TX-2 Group
MIT-DMCG Project MAC Enterprise 0740
DMCG Group
MIT-MULTICS Project MAC Enterprise 0740
Multics Group
MITRE MITRE Corporation Enterprise 1-0740
RADC Rome Enterprise 0740
Air Development Center
RAND Rand Corporation Zenith 9-0740
SDC System Development Zenith 9-0740
Corporation
SU-AI Stanford University dial direct 329-0740
AI Group
UCLA-CCN UCLA Zenith 9-0740
Campus Computing Network
UCLA-NMC UCLA Zenith 9-0740
Network Measurement Center
UCSB Univ of California Zenith 9-0740
Santa Barbara
USC University of Zenith 9-0740
Southern California
UTAH University of Utah Zenith 9-0740
[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
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§1Network Information Center Hours
RFC 223 announces the operating schedule for the Network Information Center (NIC), which will provide service to ARPANET users on a regular basis Monday through Friday starting October 4, 1971. Times are given in Pacific Daylight or Pacific Standard Time.
The daily schedule is: 0500 to 1200 (except Tuesdays 0800 to 1200), 1200 to 1300 unavailable, 1300 to 1800 available, and 1800 to 2200 available on an irregular basis for system development. The system is also available irregularly on weekends.
The information office opens in the early morning until noon, closes for lunch, reopens in the afternoon, and may work late for repairs.
§2Access via Telnet
Users access the NIC system by establishing a Telnet connection. When a user's Telnet connection is established, the system herald is printed, followed by a brief message to network users containing items of particular interest.
To log in, users provide their site identifier as the username, use the password ARPA, and provide an account number consisting of the site identifier followed by the user's last name. For example, connecting as ucla-postel logs in John Postel from UCLA.
You connect to the computer, it says hello and shows you any news, then you type your site name, the password, and your name to sign in.
§3Support and Contact Information
The RFC lists contact persons for different kinds of problems. Dick Watson handles administrative issues. John Melvin addresses NCP or Telnet problems. Marily Auerbach and Dirk van Nouhuys handle TNLS problems. If NIC personnel do not answer directly, an answering service takes messages and NIC staff responds each morning.
The document includes a table of site identifiers, names, and phone numbers for network sites, allowing users to determine how to reach each institution. Most sites are reachable via Enterprise or Zenith numbers through operators, though some support dial-direct access.
If you have trouble connecting, you can call different people depending on what is wrong, and they will help you or call back the next day.