Re: Comments re the packet radio discussion
Dave Crocker via Internet-history <[email protected]>
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On 4/26/2026 7:13 PM, Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote: > Thus you*could* carry on a lengthy debate with someone that only took a few days. Early 1970s, while I was at UCLA and my brother was at DARPA, across the country. Vittal's MSG and the first-ever Answer (reply) command was newly available, permitting easy creation of a response, without having to copy addresses or Subject. Steve and I exchanged a series of messages, over course of perhaps 15 minutes and I was struck that it felt exactly like a conversation, where details of the technology did not intrude on the discussion process. d/ -- Dave Crocker [email protected] bluesky: @dcrocker.bsky.social mast: @[email protected] +1.408.329.0791 Volunteer, Silicon Valley Chapter Northern California Coastal Region Information & Planning Coordinator American Red Cross [email protected] -- Internet-history mailing list [email protected] https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history - Unsubscribe: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history