13 Sep
2007
13 Sep
'07
5:15 p.m.
On 13 Sep 2007 at 13:43, Jules Richardson wrote:
I suppose I've always seen it as
"electronically connected computers" or
somesuch - i.e. it doesn't imply anything about what data is shared (or how),
just that something *can* be transferred without sneakernetting information
around.
So my use of the acoustic-coupled modem out of a TI Silent 700 on my
MITS Altair 8800 to a CDC 6600 over phone lines was networking in
1976? I did my source prep and assembly on the mainframe and just
downloaded my programs to run them. Of course, I had to key in the
basic terminal/download code via the front panel switches, but that
wasn't a big deal.
As far as coupling two computers together--well, that's VERY old.
Goes back to the 1950's at least and probably is older than that.
Cheers,
Chuck