First Internet message and ...

[Chuck Guzis]

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