[ih] ARPAnet and nuclear survivability

Noel Chiappa jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Tue Sep 1 15:03:29 PDT 2009


    > From: "Bernie Cosell" <bernie at fantasyfarm.com>

    > OTOH the IMP *was* originally delivered in a fully mil-spec ruggedized
    > case...

I think that was in mostly just for reliability/robustness; I think one
ARPANet history (maybe 'Where Wizards Stay Up Late') discusses the reasoning.

If that old story about the milkshake is true, it might have been a wise
choice, though... :-)

	Noel



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