Reference "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet" by Katie Hafner, an excellent history. Also see an associated site: http://www.chick.net/wizards/ Janna Anderson Elon University On 8/29/06 1:31 PM, "elw@stderr.org" <elw@stderr.org> wrote:
almost certainly - those early connections were very likely serial; ethernet had not been invented just yet.
--elijah
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Bunz, Ulla wrote:
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:50:49 -0400 From: "Bunz, Ulla" <Ulla.Bunz@comm.fsu.edu> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] ARPAnet history question
When ARPAnet connected the four universities in 1969, were there only actually four computers connected to each other? If not, does anyone know how many? A source (not Wikipedia or your personal memory) for this information would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ulla
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