[ih] RIP ​ARPANET user ​Elizabeth R.

[Joly MacFie]

https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/08/queen_elizabeth_dies/

On March 26, 1976, the Queen became one of the first heads of state to use
email. The late Peter Kirstein pioneered Britain's adoption of TCP/IP and
Her Majesty was invited to the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment to
view the first introduction of the ARPANET network to the UK.

Given the username HME2 (Her Majesty, Elizabeth II) by Kirstein, she logged
in and sent an email with the signature Elizabeth R. Kirstein recalled that
the text was prewritten and – given the topic – that's understandable,
though it was a historic step.

"This message to all ARPANET users announces the availability on ARPANET of
the Coral 66 compiler provided by the GEC 4080 computer at the Royal
Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, England," it read. "Coral 66 is
the standard real-time high level language adopted by the Ministry of
Defence. https://www.wired.com/2012/12/queen-and-the-internet/

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