[ih] ruggedized Honeywell 516 ARPANET IMP cabinet top lifting hooks (Was: The IMP Lights story (Was: Nit-picking an origin story))

[Steve Crocker]

I interviewed Larry on this point.  The number was four links, not just
three.

This is part of a more detailed discussion, but I don't have time to expand
on it here.

Steve


On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On 8/25/2025 6:00 AM, Steve Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
> > There was no requirement or expectation that the IMPs would survive a
> > nuclear event.  The idea that the net was designed for nuclear
> > survivability is a red herring.
>
>
> In later years, I either heard Larry Roberts directly, or someone tell
> me he said, when questioned about the claim of nuclear robustness that
> if that had been a goal, sites would have had at least /three/ links,
> not two...
>
> d/
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