8-bitters and multi-whatever

[Chuck Guzis]

On 13 Sep 2007 at 13:43, Jules Richardson wrote:

> I suppose I've always seen it as "electronically connected computers" or 
> somesuch - i.e. it doesn't imply anything about what data is shared (or how), 
> just that something *can* be transferred without sneakernetting information 
> around.

So my use of the acoustic-coupled modem out of a TI Silent 700 on my 
MITS Altair 8800 to a CDC 6600 over phone lines was networking in 
1976?  I did my source prep and assembly on the mainframe and just 
downloaded my programs to run them.  Of course, I had to key in the 
basic terminal/download code via the front panel switches, but that 
wasn't a big deal.

As far as coupling two computers together--well, that's VERY old.  
Goes back to the 1950's at least and probably is older than that.

Cheers,
Chuck