The Day the Infant Internet Uttered its First Words

[Rich Alderson]

> From: Steve Maddison
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:50 AM

> 2008/7/19 Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov>:

>> Thinking back to the early days of the 'net, does anyone happen
>> to have an electronic copy of the article describing the
>> construction of the "BBN 1822" async interface that was used to
>> connect PDP-11s to an IMP?

>> Here's a link to the abstract of the original article:

>> <http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA037212>

> Ever get any answers to this? I'm looking for the same documentation.
> BBN 1822 is on bitsavers but only includes high level schematics of
> the recommended implementation.

You can buy hardcopy (fiche or print-on-demand) from NTIS at

    http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA037212

Following the clues on that page, I found the following:

    http://infolab.stanford.edu/TR/CSL-TR-76-116.html
    ftp://reports.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/reports/csl/tr/76/116/CSL-TR-76-116.pdf

Knock yourselves out!


Rich Alderson
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