The Wollongong Group

[Brent Hilpert]

Chris M wrote:
> --- Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > Al Kossow wrote:
> > >
> > >  >> > (As I've said before on the list) there was
> > at least one third-party producing
> > >  >> > a TCP/IP stack for VMS before DEC got around
> > to it.
> > >  >>
> > >  >> CMU-IP from Carnegie Mellon?
> > >  >
> > >  > The implementation I was recalling was from the
> > Wollongong Group (Univ. in
> > >  > Australia) (WIN/TCP I believe).
> > >
> > > TWG was a Silicon Valley company.
> >
> > Well that's funny, I don't where my mis-perception
> > as to the origins originated
> > but I think I've had it since way back when.
> > (Somebody else ordered the
> > software package - I just programmed with it).
> >
> Wollongong is a town in Australia, no? I was of the
> impression that they were an Aussie company also.
>  They made a TCP/IP stack for DOS IINM, as part of a
> package of sorts back in the day.
> 

The town is a little south of Sydney, and there is a university.

There are a couple of mentions of The Wollongong Group on google but I didn't
find a company history or anything about it's origins or location.