"first" computer on the internet

[Sellam Ismail]

Unless "First" (in quotes) signifies its node name was "First", I don't 
know how it could be the first on the internet.

Year of first internet node connectivity: 1969
Year Sun SLC Workstation was brought to market: 1990

There's a 21 year gap there.

The first e-mail communications occured sometime in the 1970s.

What are we missing here?

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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