[ih] Internet-history Digest, Vol 64, Issue 24

[Vint Cerf]

Pelkey's book is indeed a good glimpse into that time period - like Samuel
Pepys diary.
The other massive work is Andreu Vea's 300 interview book about the
Internet.

https://www.inmesol.com/blog/history-internet-told-creators-single-book/#:~:text=A%20book%20has%20recently%20been,the%20fathers%20of%20the%20web.

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On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM John Shoch via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> For those who may not already be familiar with Jim Pelkey, his web site,
> and his book, allow me to add a bit more to John Day's comments:
>
> --Jim  Pelkey was a fascinating guy, spending time in the world of finance,
> venture capital, and startups.
> --In the 1980's he went on a quest to interview people in the world of
> data- and computer-communications (starting, I think, with a list of
> introductions from Paul Baran).
> --The result of that effort was a massive collection of interviews, and a
> comprehensive web site describing the history based on the interviews.
> --For some, like me, the web site was a great reference to dip into.  But
> the flexibility of a massive hypertext site did not necessarily make it
> easy to understand the story, from beginning to end.
> --Years later Jim joined with two others to take all this material and
> produce a new book (over 500 pages), which John Day has referenced;  it was
> published in 2022 by the ACM.
> --All the original transcripts were donated to the Computer History Museum
> in Mountain View.
> --And the CHM web site is, in turn, derived from the book (sort of coming
> full circle).
>
> The book is not particularly technical, but it helps frame the technical
> issues; it is filled with wonderful stories and context.
> [We know, however, that people's memories are not perfect;  so there are
> some errors I noticed, and the occasional....reimagining....of history.]
>
> For those who would enjoy the more linear treatment, it is a great read --
> got me through several transcontinental flights.
>
> John Shoch
>
>
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 06:27:07 -0400
> > From: John Day <jeanjour at comcast.net>
> > To: Greg Skinner <gregskinner0 at icloud.com>, Greg Skinner via
> >         Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
> > Subject: Re: [ih] Possible source of additional info
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> >
> > Yes, this one is interesting and is the primary source for the book,
> > Circuits, Packets, and Protocols published just before Jim passed away.
> >
> > The interviews in the 1980s are a very interesting window into what
> people
> > were thinking before the Internet was generally known by the public in
> the
> > 1990s.
> >
> > Take care,
> > John
> >
> >
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