On 11/25/19 11:15 AM, alan--- via cctalk wrote: > > Taking the risk of opening another can of worms... > > ARPANET wasn't the first large scale data network. I believe SITA HLN > was world-wide by 1969. However it was a mix of switching technologies > from fully automated to manual depending on what part of the world you > were in. Frankfurt was the first SITA node to transition to fully > automatic data routing in 1966. > > And ARPANET wasn't the largest data network when TCP/IP was formalized > in the early 80s. We only recognize it as the 'Internet' because of > it's lineage.
Does nobody remember AUTODIN? --Chuck
