[ih] Some random thoughts about ICCC 72

[Vint Cerf]

I seem to recall one case where a biology researcher was using the terminal
to connect to something and the host was not online. The TIP typed out
"Host Dead" and this caused a lot of anxiety....

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On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On 1/25/2025 12:55 PM, Leonard Kleinrock via Internet-history wrote:
> > Interestingly, not only did the public walk away, convinced that packet
> > switching was a viable technology, but also the many ARPA contractors
> > and PI‘s were themselves convinced of its viability and usefulness,
> > which was not the case before ICCC 72.
>
> I was one of the floor walkers, giving demos.  At one point, someone
> handed me Lipinski Sr, of the Institute of the Future.  I connected to a
> BBN Tenex machine, did some stuff, closed the connection, opened an ISI
> Tenex, and started to do some stuff. Lipinski looked entirely bored by
> all of this. I was just demoing a time-sharing system...
>
> And then things froze.  I looked to the center of the room, saw a flurry
> of activity around the TIP, and told Lipinski it appeared the TIP had
> crashed.  He thanked me and said he'd go off to a session and come back
> after the machine had been rebooted.
>
> I said it would only take a couple of minutes and he said, "but they
> haven't rolled out the paper tape reader yet."
>
> I explained about reloading from a neighboring IMP at 56Kbps.
>
> His entire demeanor changed. In that moment, he registered what was
> being demonstrated.
>
> Now he understood networking.
>
> d/
>
> ps.  I also learned a bit about doing demos...
>
> d/
>
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