Digital

This issue of the Digital Technical Journal (Volume 8, Number 3, 1996) presents several papers focused on advancing and preserving computer technologies. Key articles cover: - Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): An in-depth look at Digital's prototype implementation for the Digital UNIX operating system, highlighting architectural changes such as 128-bit addresses, neighbor discovery, and auto-configuration mechanisms. - Preservation of Historical Computer Systems: A discussion on the importance of maintaining historical computing systems, including a case study on restoring PDP-11 systems and the use of the SIM simulator framework for various historical architectures. - Modern Fortran and Parallel Computing: An analysis of Fortran 90 and extensions like High Performance Fortran (HPF) to facilitate parallel programming on both shared-memory and cluster-based systems. - Server Performance and Optimization: Performance studies on AlphaServer 8400 systems, detailing the use of very large memory (VLM), the Memory Channel interconnect, and benchmarking with TPC-C to achieve record-setting database performance. - AltaVista Forum: A look at the development of web-based collaboration software using Tcl, illustrating how the World Wide Web can be used as an infrastructure for groupware applications.