"first" computer on the internet

[Brent Hilpert]

- My recollection is what had been called the ARPAnet became the "Internet"
around 1982, certainly we were calling it the "Internet" by '84-85. The
transition to the 5 .mil/.edu/.net/.gov/.com domains was in that time period as well.
It was a "large", functioning, useful network by that time, not just an
experimental/prototype system.

- IIRC, the NSFnet funding/expansion/backbone were slightly later.

- As one who was developing (X.400) multi-node store-and-forward email systems
starting in 1982-3, and was involved in establishing such a Canada-wide and
world-wide functioning email network by 1984-5, by which time "Internet" email
was already very well-established, I won't bother making any further comment
about email firsts.

- The "<user>@<subd>.<subd>.<domain>" address format was also well-established
by the early '80s.

The machine Dan has may have been 'first' at something but without a further
qualifier any claim of historic significance is pointless.

Given the ~1990 date, I was guessing it might have something to do with the
opening of the internet to the public: first machine to route to a public ISP?,
first machine to provide SLIP access?, who knows...? I'm not familiar with the
model of machine mentioned so even those random guesses may be well off.