Me too. I used to maintain several DARPA circuits, including one from Stuttgart-Vahingen, FRG to Oxford University. DARPA gave birth to the Internet.
Cub ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: (no subject) > I'd have to agree with Dave on this. (BBN was also famous for > its "Butterfly" super computer). > > My first fulltime connection to the Internet was 1982. More > accurately was a part "legitimate" DARPA connection and > a predominance of "underground" uucp (Unix to Unix Communication > Protocol) connections. > > Back then, pre World Wide Web, in the space of a couple of hours > you could read virtually everything that was posted to the Internet > that day. > > /Ed > > Dave Tutelman wrote: > > > At 10:39 PM 11/16/03 -0800, Corey Bailey wrote: > > > >> Southern California, being the object of so many jokes, is the only > >> place I can think of in the lower 48 where, in the Winter, you can ski > >> in the morning and surf (the ocean) in the afternoon. > > > > > > Absolutely true! > > > >> Same goes for the Internet actually, it was invented and implemented > >> here. > > > > > > I thought it was invented in Tennessee. Oh no, that was Al Gore, and > > he's FROM Tennessee. > > > > Seriously though, I'd love to hear about data supporting the contention > > that the Internet was invented and implemented in southern California. > > In the absence of such evidence, I'd have to say that it was conceived > > in Washington (Larry Roberts, the head of DARPA) and > > invented/implemented mostly in Massachussetts (Bolt Beranek & Newman > > were the prime contractors and implementers). There were certainly a lot > > of individual participants from academia, and a couple of those were > > from UCLA. But hardly enough to support your claim. (Still true even if > > you include northern California and pick up Berkeley.) > > > > Cheers! > > DaveT > > > > > > > > > >
