Excellent book: "The Dream Machine - J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal" by Waldrop (2001)
Both an excellent biography of Licklider and a history of the key people and technologies, especially the Arpanet, that got us to today.
The Computer Chronicles - The Internet (1993)
https://youtu.be/U_o8gerare0
#internet #web #www #worldwideweb #ARPA #arpanet #gopher #finger #ftp #telnet #irc #bulletinboards #bbs #computers #computing #history #oldcomputers #oldcomputing #retro #vintage #tech #thecomputerchronicles
In den 90er Jahren betrieb ich die #InfoLineBBS im #arpanet. Damals gab es schon eine #netiquette - Diese gilt auch hier bei #mastodon - Auch hier gilt „Do not feed the Troll“. Keine Reaktion auf dumme inhaltslose Kommentare! Und schon gar nicht auf politisch motivierte Propaganda (egal ob von Rechtsaußen oder Linksaußen). #meinungsfreiheit ja. #reaktionspflicht nein!
Hey @gutenberg_org,
Just curious, what did the first decade of PG look like?
Was there a BBS, or was it limited to stuff on the #ARPANet and university networks?
The Wikipedia article had a few details, but not a lot before the 90s.
ironically, a project for #decentralized hardiness in the event of a #nuclear attack
and now, via #socialmedia, it is more dangerous than the #nukes
Happy birthday to ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern internet! 53 years ago, the first message was sent over this pioneering network, paving the way for a world of interconnection and innovation.
As a tech enthusiast, I am constantly amazed by the ways the internet has transformed our lives, allowing us to communicate, learn and share ideas across boundaries and borders. From social media to e-commerce, from telemedicine to remote work, the internet has become an essential part of our daily routines, enabling us to connect with others and access a wealth of information at our fingertips.
#ARPANET #InternetAnniversary #Transhumanism #TechInnovation
#InternetHistory #Networking #DigitalRevolution #Innovation #Communication #Cyberculture #OnlineCommunity #TechHerstory #NetNeutrality #OpenSource #Decentralization #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Accessibility #Inclusion #SocialImpact #DigitalTransformation #FutureTech #TechOptimism #InternetOfThings #AI
https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969
The actual first message that was sent that day was just "LO", first two letters of the word "LOGIN", when the system crashed.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241028-the-failure-that-started-the-internet
OTD 1969: First packets on the #Arpanet
OTD 2019: #Internet50 celebration at UCLA. https://samueli.ucla.edu/internet50/
Happy birthday, ARPANET!
"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute."
https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969
Missed this yesterday!
"The first two-network TCP/IP transmission was between the [Packet Radio Van] and ARPANET on August 27, 1976; the van was parked next to Rossotti's (since 1956, officially the "Alpine Inn"), a well-known Portola Valley, California biker bar, and wires were run to one of the picnic tables."
Computer Networks - The Heralds Of Resource Sharing (Arpanet, 1972)
https://archive.org/details/ComputerNetworks_TheHeraldsOfResourceSharing
In 1972, Bob Kahn was "arranging for a professional film crew to create a thirty-minute-long 16mm movie explaining the Arpanet, complete with an electronic-synthesizer soundtrack to set an appropriately futuristic mood." -- #MitchellWaldrop in "The Dream Machine (2001)
#Arpanet Logical Map, June 1979. When PDP-10s ruled the world. #ComputerHistory
The kids I grew up with knew I was "different", but my parents and school insisted I was normal. Now I've explored #Autism #Prosopagnosia #Alexithymia and #Aphantasia and have an idea what was going on, but then I thought everyone saw the world like I did, just coped better. I coped by becoming a #PluralSystem by age three when I realized my girl self would have to be hidden. After six "guy" IDs, I'm now back being that girl. Still running the system, but with more E and less T...
Age nine I was forced to wear #Bifocal #PlusLensTheory glasses every waking moment. Shattered my body sense and #CognitiveMap - https://www.psychoros.com/consumed-by-the-light/ Spent endless days of lonely boredom exploring the ~30° wedges of #SpatialViewCells and the flat dioramas between them. Now I'm rebuilding a 3D world around my body, where #HeadDirectionCells can have a single basis and #DorsalStream depth can pop out of the flat distance like content from a random dot stereogram.
Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...
Despite all that, I've been online since #ARPAnet and #DJNR, wrote the first magazine article with simultaneous code distribution (via 8" floppies in the post), coded fab robots to move 6" & 8" Silicon wafers, built my (almost) independent #SolarPV and #SolarThermal house (7K lines of C++ from 1998, 42 device outs), and evolved an audio system with bandwidth from DC to a half MHz. Helped raise four unique kids, as adult minds in young bodies. Still mystify most of the adults I encounter...
דניאל 槞理 𐑛𐑨𐑵𐑦𐑤 
Mike Amundsen 
