Totally forgot about ARPANET.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2022, at 11:47, Will Cooke via cctech <cctech@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > >> On 04/12/2022 12:42 PM Wayne S via cctech <cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks for the info about IMP. >> But now i’d have to question IMP routers being around in 1970 since the >> internet wasn’t around yet. >> >> > The first response of "Interface" Message Processor is more correct. There > was a LOT of networking before what we call the "Internet" now. It derived > from the Arpanet in the 60s, which is where the IMPs were used. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET#:~:text=The%20Advanced%20Research%20Projects%20Agency,technical%20foundation%20of%20the%20Internet. > Will