RE: Dating the Internet (was Re: Funny Tech Writing)

[Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>]

It's all been declassified now because the technology is obsolete, but back
in 1971 I was sending electronic messages to various nodes based on routing
indicators, over secure automated switching networks. Nodes were connected
via landline and the network was both extensive and international. It had
already been around for at least a decade at that point. It wasn't exactly
the Internet as we know it today, but certainly it provided a model.

Bit of a shock to find the equipment now housed in a museum, but I suppose
as the pace of technological change accelerates, we'll see last year's cell
phones in the museum soon enough.
--Beth

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Subject: Dating the Internet (was Re: Funny Tech Writing)

Clare wrote:

> ... I first saw this LONG before the internet/email existed. In
> fact, it was 1985. ...

Points of fact:

The Internet has been around (as we know it) since 1983, and some
would say it was born around 1970 (but I admit that's debatable!).

Email has been around in some form or other since the 1960s, and
Internet email since 1982 (at least, that's when RFC 822, which
defines how Internet email works, was released by the IETF).

Best wishes,
Sandy

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