alternative pathalias

Mike Mitchell (mcm@rti.rti.org)
Fri, 12 Oct 90 11:51:57 -0400

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I wrote a program called 'mkpath' back in '82-'83 that competed with pathalias.
We used it on our pdp-11/60 because pathalias wouldn't fit. My first version
did everything with disk files, but it was too slow. I don't think I ever
released that version to the net. Someone on the net did request that I send
him that version, as the version he used ran out of memory on his list of
~2000 sites. My version was fairly simple; it looked for the shortest path.
Pathalias had code to deal with the speed of the connection. I didn't have
the resources to use that sort of information. When I got a VAX instead
of a PDP, I stopped working on 'mkpath'. I also had a front-end to the mail
program that used the mkpath database. I called the front-end 'nmail'.
I don't have any copies laying around, but I could check our news archives.
I was working at Ikonas Graphics at the time. Their site name was 'ikonas'.

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