[ih] Memories of Flag Day?

[Greg Skinner]

CMU CS General Bboard Contents from 25-Nov-82 to 31-Dec-82 (makes mention of the flag day)
Bboard Thread about Changing the Arpanet Protocol from NCP to TCP/IP

https://web.archive.org/web/20081218182638/http://research.microsoft.com:80/en-us/um/people/mbj/Smiley/Nov-Dec-82_BBoard_Contents.html
Bboard Thread about Changing the Arpanet Protocol from NCP to TCP/IP (culled from previous link)


https://web.archive.org/web/20081218175346/http://research.microsoft.com:80/en-us/um/people/mbj/Smiley/Arpanet_Protocol_Thread.html
The MIT BUG-ITS list from June 1979 to April 1983, including some discussion about the flag day
(JNC contributed to this list at times)

https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/its-archives/blob/master/email/its.obugs0
its-archives/email/its.obugs0 at master · larsbrinkhoff/its-archives
github.com

I remember the flag day was discussed during MIT LCS meetings.  I wasn’t online for the actual cutover because I was on vacation with no network access, but I remember problems with the cutover being discussed during the first meeting of 1983 (4 January).  David Clark asked someone during the meeting if [s]he was able to get a message out.

—gregbo

> On Aug 6, 2023, at 4:34 AM, Miles Fidelman via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Does anybody have some memories of the TCP/IP Flag Day they can share?
> 
> I'm doing some writing about "how network ecosystems develop" looking at how the Internet evolved from the days the net was a gleam in a few people's eyes, Licklider distributed his famous memo, the NWG & IETF evolved, Flag Day, etc.  Also looking at the Environmental Movement (Earth Day, Whole Earth Catalog, ...), FOSS, Crisis Mapping, Entrepreneurship Support, Makers - all of which I've been up close and personal with, and now trying to document some common threads & techniques.
> 
> A particular focus is on organizing for significant changes/transformations - like the transition to IP that pretty much marks the birth of the Internet as we know it.  Hence a particular interest in what led up to the Flag Day, and how folks responded.
> 
> In particular, I'm wondering how folks organized at various network sites (universities, military bases, etc.) to respond to the mandate.  Working groups, plans & programs, that sort of thing. How did folks get their act together?
> 
> Anybody have any stories they can share?
> 
> Thanks Very Much,
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
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