[ih] Early use of the "Internet" term (1977)

[Lars Brinkhoff]

Hello,

I'm working on and off using Josh Dersch's Imlac PDS-1 emulator to talk
to the PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System, and to run MAZE.  It's
not straight forward because, 1) the MIT Imlacs had hardware
modifications, and 2) the protocol between the Imlac and the host
changed over time and has to be matched between the two, and 3) many
files from back then have been lost.

Best regards,
Lars Brinkhoff


Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Well, since you mention the Imlac PDS-1 here's one in use as a
> synchrotron operator's console at CERN in 1974; the software (every
> word of which I wrote) dates to late 1971:
> https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~brian/Potier-Frammery-7402124X.jpg
>
> Nothing to do with the Internet; however it was networked after a
> fashion to the main control computer, an IBM 1800 in the back room.
>
> There are several references to Imlacs in early RFCs (RFC86 is the
> first, I think) and RFC101 says: "The NIC is experimenting with remote
> access to NLS using an IMLAC terminal.  Considerable interest in
> graphic access to NIC was indicated.  The NIC feels graphic access is
> not an immediate high priority requirement..."