[ih] Fwd: As Flag Day approaches at CMU

vinton cerf vgcerf at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 03:12:58 PDT 2025


I don't think so but weren't they connected to a major IBM facility by way
of JANET?
v


On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM Eberhard W Lisse via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Didn't UCL use IBM in 73?
>
> el
>
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> On Sep 6, 2025 at 10:34 +0200, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via
> Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>, wrote:
> > Fascinating.
> > I notice there's not mention of IBM VM/CMS which was the mainstay of
> > EARN/BITNET.
> >
> > Is it because there were no such computers on the Arpanet?
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> >
> > On 06/09/2025 04:33, Barbara Denny via Internet-history wrote:
> > > Oops.  Somehow a .  got inserted in the url.
> > > This one should work.
> > > https://self-issued.info/Smiley/Arpanet_Protocol_Thread.html
> > > barbara
> > > On Friday, September 5, 2025 at 08:10:41 PM PDT, Greg Skinner via
> Internet-history<internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > forwarded for Barbara
> > >
> > > > > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > > > > From: Barbara Denny<b_a_denny at yahoo.com>
> > > > > To: Internet-history<internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 at 07:49:12 PM PDT
> > > > > Subject: As Flag Day approaches at CMU
> > > > >
> > > > > Some of you might be interested in this link.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://self-issued.info/S.miley/Arpanet_Protocol_Thread.html
> > > > >
> > > > > It covers cmu messages as flag day approaches.  They were
> recovered when Jeff Baird was trying to find Scott Fahlman's smiley :-)
> bboard post.
> > > > >
> > > > > The messages include when the ARPAnet  temporarily shut off  NCP
> twice before flag day.  Vint, was one of those times you ????? I think I
> remember you mentioned doing this but I wouldn't be surprised if I am wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > > barbara
> >
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