Re: A revolution in Internet point-of-view - Was Re: Internet analyses (Was Re: IPv8...)
vinton cerf via Internet-history <[email protected]>
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Dave, I think it was more than that - a real software problem requiring recompilation and reloading of the HP print system. I did have a connector problem but it was associated with the demonstration of Arpanet conducted in 1974 or 1975 from Sao Paulo, Brazil. On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM Dave Crocker via Internet-history < [email protected]> wrote: > On 4/30/2026 4:55 PM, vinton cerf wrote: > > To add to Dave's story > > > Since MCI Mail wound up being relevant to Internet history, when Vint > used MMDF to interconnect with Internet mail, I'll add to his addition. > > MCI Mail was built using a collection of vendors for different parts of > the system. (HP had the remote laster printers.) > > Six months before the scheduled public demo was the first meeting, with > all the vendors in the same room. > > Vint got up to greet everyone and set the stage. He said we did not > have much time but we were going to meet the September deadline. Then > he said that if anything stopped us -- not that it would, but if it did > -- it would be a connector. > > As I recall, that middle-of-the-night-before-the-demo problem that Vint > described turned out to be a connector. > > 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 > -- 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