[ih] Prehistory: NPL Scrapbook

[vinton cerf]

yes, indeed, I do remember Peter Cashin.
What a good idea to interview him!
v


On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 7:45 PM Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Back on topic, I hope. I've been contacted in the last few days by Peter
> Cashin, who is the only surviving developer of the Scrapbook project at NPL
> in 1970-74. This is not well known but was a (small) distributed
> information service including things very like hyperlinks, running over the
> pioneering NPL packet-switched network. Vint may remember Peter from INWG
> meetings.
>
> Peter is a New Zealander who now divides his time between NZ and Canada.
> Should I be doing an oral history style interview with him? He's in NZ for
> the next few weeks.
>
> Regards
>     Brian Carpenter
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