Subject: Re: 8-bitters and multi-whatever

[ajones]

>
> I don't see why not; serial comms (over whatever medium) connecting two 
> machines is still 'networking' in my book. I the case you mention it may well 
> be only point-to-point rather than "lots of machines on the same line", but I 
> still think it qualifies.
>   
Then let's go a step further. When/where did the first internetworking 
gear come onto the market? Not multi-protocol routing, just routing in 
general: segmented networks with nodes that moved traffic towards remote 
nodes on the behalf of local ones.