From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 11:21:10 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Internet! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 12:54 AM, Rudi Blom wrote: > Just had a look at RFC-1, my first look ever. First thing I noticed is > the enormous amount of abbreviations one is assumed to be able to > instantly place :-) > > So looking up IMP for instance the wiki page gives me this funny titbit > > "When Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy learned of BBN's > accomplishment in signing this million-dollar agreement, he sent a > telegram congratulating the company for being contracted to build the > "Interfaith Message Processor"." > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Message_Processor > ​A small suggestion, instead of trying to piecemeal it together here; to all if you have not yet read (but certainly to newer and maybe younger readers of this list since I think this was late 1990s), please go find a copy of Katie Hafner's: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet . Many and more of these interesting facts can be found. It's a great read and I can say, a large number of the parts I lived and knew specifically about, pretty much follow the way I remembered it. There are things left out, and some other good stories not there [Dave Clark does not get enough credit in my opinion or in the infamous milkshake spilled into the CMU IMP]. But, the mail header wars are well handled. And certainly the road to the ARPAnet, then to the Internet itself is pretty thoroughly examined. Clem ᐧ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: