5 Dec
2017
5 Dec
'17
5:06 a.m.
The ARPAnet reached four nodes on this day in 1969 (anyone know which?);
at least one "history" site reckoned the third node was connected in 1977
(and I'm still waiting for a reply to my correction). Well, I can believe
that perhaps there were only three left by then...
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
5 Dec
5 Dec
5:14 a.m.
On 12/4/2017 3:06 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
The ARPAnet reached four nodes on this day in 1969
(anyone know which?);
at least one "history" site reckoned the third node was connected in
1977 (and I'm still waiting for a reply to my correction). Well, I can
believe that perhaps there were only three left by then...
One of the original 4 was my Alma Mater, UC Santa Barbara. I can
say that even though it was one of the first four, its presence wasn't
well known and nobody outside a select few in EE knew it was there.
Jon Forrest
5:18 a.m.
Don't know about nodes, but the initial research on the arpanet was done
at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. The primary goal of the project
was for scientists to share data. But, alas, the scientists didn't want
to share data. And, there were so many data formats that
nobody could read each other's anyway. So we ranked the arpanet as a
failure for that item. However, we found that it seemed
to be incredibly useful for communications amongst people, i.e. email...
Debbie
On 12/4/17 3:14 PM, Jon Forrest wrote:
On 12/4/2017 3:06 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
The ARPAnet reached four nodes on this day in
1969 (anyone know
which?); at least one "history" site reckoned the third node was
connected in 1977 (and I'm still waiting for a reply to my
correction). Well, I can believe that perhaps there were only three
left by then...
One of the original 4 was my Alma Mater, UC Santa Barbara. I can
say that even though it was one of the first four, its presence wasn't
well known and nobody outside a select few in EE knew it was there.
Jon Forrest
8 Dec
8 Dec
8:08 a.m.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote:
The ARPAnet reached four nodes on this day in 1969
(anyone know which?)
[...]
Well, that sure as hell started a shit-storm; not my intention, of course.
Anyway, thanks for all the corrections; I don't want to be a party to
spreading misinformation (I see enough of it as it is).
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
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