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Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

On this day, 56 years ago:

"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute."

https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969

#arpanet #internet #history #OTD #OnThisDay #technology

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Milestones:Birthplace of the Internet, 1969

A black commemorative plaque with gold frame, inscribed with gold letters. It reads:

"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally from this first node of ARPANET launched the Internet revolution."
A black commemorative plaque with gold frame, inscribed with gold letters. It reads: "At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally from this first node of ARPANET launched the Internet revolution."
A black commemorative plaque with gold frame, inscribed with gold letters. It reads: "At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally from this first node of ARPANET launched the Internet revolution."
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The brazilian Pairulito
@duran@bolha.one replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan @autobrain olha que efemeride legal

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Karl Auerbach
@karlauerbach@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan At that time I was working in the next room (I worked with the 7094 which was next door to the Sigma 7 room that held IMP #1.)

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Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@karlauerbach Nice!

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screwlisp
@screwlisp@gamerplus.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan
I wonder if MOO years eve falling on October 29th then MOO years day on the 30th were chosen to coincide with arpanet being the eve of the internet and MOOing in 1990 being its fruition.
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Galbinus Caeli
@GalbinusCaeli@spacey.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan I'm older than the internet. Cough, weeze

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Richard Quinn
@rq4c@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan

Any recognition for the #French and #UK teams who contributed much to this endeavour...?

#DonaldDavies and his team at the UK National Physical Laboratory #NPL for example ...?

See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davies
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYCLADES

#Internet #InternetHistory #TheInternet #PacketSwitching

CYCLADES - Wikipedia

Donald Davies - Wikipedia

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Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The actual first message that was sent that day was just "LO", first two letters of the word "LOGIN", when the system crashed.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241028-the-failure-that-started-the-internet

#arpanet #internet #history #OTD #OnThisDay #technology

'We were just trying to get it to work': The failure that started the internet

On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.
A portion of an interview from the linked website:

Did you realise this could be a historic moment?

Kline: No, I certainly didn't at that time.

Duvall: Not really. It was another step forward in the larger context of the work we were doing at SRI which we did believe would have a large impact.

When Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844, he had an eye for drama, tapping out "What hath God wrought" on a line from Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland, US. If you could go back, would you have typed something more memorable?

Kline: Of course, if I had realised its importance. But we were just trying to get it to work.
A portion of an interview from the linked website: Did you realise this could be a historic moment? Kline: No, I certainly didn't at that time. Duvall: Not really. It was another step forward in the larger context of the work we were doing at SRI which we did believe would have a large impact. When Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844, he had an eye for drama, tapping out "What hath God wrought" on a line from Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland, US. If you could go back, would you have typed something more memorable? Kline: Of course, if I had realised its importance. But we were just trying to get it to work.
A portion of an interview from the linked website: Did you realise this could be a historic moment? Kline: No, I certainly didn't at that time. Duvall: Not really. It was another step forward in the larger context of the work we were doing at SRI which we did believe would have a large impact. When Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844, he had an eye for drama, tapping out "What hath God wrought" on a line from Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland, US. If you could go back, would you have typed something more memorable? Kline: Of course, if I had realised its importance. But we were just trying to get it to work.
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Amy Maybe
@APBBlue@thepit.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@stefan This is perfect. 10/10

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