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

[Vint Cerf]

That was QUIKTRAN. I WAS THE SYSTEM ENGINEER IN LOS ANGELES 1965-1967 !

V

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 12:58 Larry Press <lpress at csudh.edu> wrote:

> John Day wrote:
>
> > I am sure there are other early examples of “PC-like” things.
>
> The LINC and LGP-30 were "PC-like" -- personal, but not desktop.
>
> When I was a student, you could reserve 15-minute "happy time" shots on
> Sundays when you operated a 7090 yourself. I guess it was PC-like for those
> 15 minutes :-).
>
> The first time I touched a timesharing system (QUICKTRAN) felt totally
> personal.
>
> My first desktop PC was an S-100 CP/M computer with 8" floppies -- you
> could own your own tools.
>
> Larry
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