[ih] birth of the Internet?

[Miles Fidelman]

Thanks Vint,

Always helpful to have the official word from the man who was paying the 
bills at the time.

Miles

Vint Cerf wrote:
> 1. initial design: Spring-Fall 1973
> 2. first published paper: May 1974
> 3. first full spec of TCP: December 1974 (RFC 675)
> 4. More complete specs after splitting off of IP: RFC791, 792, 793 - 1981
> 5. official launch of Internet: January 1, 1983 (which also coincided
> with the creation of MILNET split from former research ARPANET) and
> the incorporation of the Packet Satellite and Packet Radio Net(s) into
> the DARPA Internet. this was also the date of replacement of NCP with
> TCP/IP
> 6. As I recall, there were tests well before 1983 in which the Xerox
> PARC ethernet was linked to Internet by way of a packet radio at PARC
> connecting via the SRI International operated Packet Radio network.
> Larry Masinter's name comes to mind as having had something to do with
> this but others on the list may have clearer recollections. The first
> Packet Radio/ARPANET tests of TCP/IP occurred in the 1975 time frame
> using a BBN developed gateway. The first three-network tests were done
> on November 22, 1977 linking ARPANET, the SF Bay Area Packet Radio net
> and the Packet Satellite Network.
>
> vint
>
>    

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