[ih] Fwd: List archives (Was: Exterior Gateway Protocol)

[Jack Haverty]

Grrmmpphh.  Apparently this mailing list doesn't believe in images. 
Here's the picture that was supposed to be there:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gaeGeNjZTE3UPaXC9

/Jack

On 9/5/20 1:28 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> Thanks Dan!
>
> There's so much of the history that didn't get recorded in RFCs and
> such, and mail list archives from that era are rare.  We weren't very
> good about documenting things, especially the "why" of how decisions
> were made.
>
> There's plenty of room for more participation!   Perhaps you can provide
> the story behind this artifact of the early Internet?
>
> ACE Coaster
>
> That coaster has been sitting on my desk for close to 40 years.  The
> lettering is fading, after too many attacks by marauding coffee mugs
> over the decades, and a few trips to the floor courtesy of a roaming cat. 
>
> The story of ACE, and Interop which followed, is an important part of
> Internet history.  There tends to be a focus on protocols and
> algorithms, but innovations like Interop were, IMHO, equally important
> to the success of the Internet by making it accessible to the masses and
> emphasizing the importance of working systems. 
>
> Perhaps more important.   Tell us the story.
>
> /Jack
>
>
> On 9/5/20 12:10 PM, Dan Lynch via Internet-history wrote:
>> Forgot to copy the fantastic list!
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Cell 650-776-7313
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Dan Lynch <dan at lynch.com>
>>> Date: September 5, 2020 at 11:42:36 AM PDT
>>> To: Joseph Touch <touch at strayalpha.com>
>>> Subject: Re:  [ih] List archives (Was: Exterior Gateway Protocol)
>>>
>>> Great!  These discussions are amazing, considering that they are being done by the actual inventors of much of the Internet some 3 or 4 decades later. We were young then, eh?  Of course they must be open to the world. Thank you Noel, Miles, Brian, Tony, Vint, Jack, and others I’ve forgotten just now. 
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> Cell 650-776-7313
>>>
>>>> On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Joseph Touch via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> HI, all,
>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 5, 2020, at 7:58 AM, Noel Chiappa via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Joseph Touch
>>>>>> FYI - we moved the archives here.
>>>>> I've just noticed that the archives are now only accessible to list members?
>>>> They should have been open. If anything changed recently, this is the first I heard. Either way, the setting has been updated to allow public access. 
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you continue to find otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Joe (as list admin)
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