"first" computer on the internet

Also ... Who is this man? Here's a bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Stefferud -----Original Message----- From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:sellam at vintagetech.com] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:23 PM To: Classic Computers Mailing List Subject: "first" computer on the internet Unless "First" (in quotes) signifies its node name was "First", I don't know how it could be the first on the internet. Year of first internet node connectivity: 1969 Year Sun SLC Workstation was brought to market: 1990 There's a 21 year gap there. The first e-mail communications occured sometime in the 1970s. What are we missing here? -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]