"first" computer on the internet

[Rich Alderson]

> From: Eric Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:37 PM

> Rich Alderson wrote:

>> While BSD 4 may have had a TCP/IP implementation, the reference
>> implementation was done on TENEX and TOPS-20 systems and Multics.

> In 1982, did either TENEX or TOPS-20, as distributed, include TCP/IP?
My
> (possibly incorrect) recollection was that TOPS-20 didn't actually
ship with
> "built in" TCP/IP support at that time, while BSD 4.1a did.

I want to say yes, but the memory has grown fuzzy.  If you had an
ARPANET
connection you could order TOPS-20AN, and I know who did the TCP/IP work
for
Digital, but do I want to swear that TOPS-20AN was TCP/IP by 1982?  Not
really.

On the other hand, TENEX, as a BB&N product, probably did, but I'll
admit to
speculation here.