[ih] First file transfer on ARPANET

[John Day]

Given that it was very late 1969 when the first IMPs went in, yes. 
The first file transfer would have been in 1970.  The second question 
would be when was the first file transfer using FTP.

There was no "initial focus" on remote login.  There WAS an initial 
focus on just getting bytes to move!  ;-)

I should point out that the ARPANET never did do a remote login 
protocol.  This is a fiction invented by sloppy textbook authors who 
don't check the original sources and frankly, don't seem to be that 
bright.

John

At 21:47 -0800 2012/12/11, Richard Bennett wrote:
>Dear Historians,
>
>I'm curious about when the first file transfer was done successfully 
>on ARPANET. Given that the initial focus was remote login, I'm 
>guessing that rudimentary file transfers wouldn't have been done 
>until sometime in 1970. Does anyone remember?
>
>Thanks,
>
>RB
>
>--
>Richard Bennett