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The internet in 1969 (Original Post) Seedersandleechers Mar 2012 OP
Pretty cool Ziggystrange Mar 2012 #1
Great link Seedersandleechers Mar 2012 #3
I agree. The posted video is a lot more fun. Ziggystrange Mar 2012 #5
I love the husband's reaction when he sees wifey's been shopping again... WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #2
I know, Seedersandleechers Mar 2012 #4
Cool! But let's be realistic. Things will NEVER be that futuristic! nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #6
Computers, Politicalboi Mar 2012 #7
In my yute I got to tour palo alto ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #8
Hmm, a surprisingly accurate prediction customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #9
The actual internet in 1968 lapfog_1 Mar 2012 #10
they say nothing about cat videos Enrique Mar 2012 #11
Pretty close, but they forgot the porn. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #12
 

Ziggystrange

(66 posts)
1. Pretty cool
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 02:07 AM
Mar 2012

That is a good trip but the hardware was not doing it, it was canned.

Have you heard of "The Demo" that was in 68

On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface.

They have the individual segments, and the100 minute video at this link
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html

Best

Ziggy

Seedersandleechers

(3,044 posts)
3. Great link
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 02:13 AM
Mar 2012

But what I liked about the video I posted is that the women picks out the goods and sends the bill to the man to pay for it - like she couldn't do that herself.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
9. Hmm, a surprisingly accurate prediction
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 07:23 AM
Mar 2012

Most 1960's predictions (such as those in Popular Science, for instance) had us in flying cars and other things that never came to pass.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
10. The actual internet in 1968
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 08:13 AM
Mar 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

"By mid-1968, Taylor had prepared a complete plan for a computer network, and, after ARPA’s approval, a Request for Quotation (RFQ) was sent to 140 potential bidders. Most computer science companies regarded the ARPA–Taylor proposal as outlandish, and only twelve submitted bids to build the network; of the twelve, ARPA regarded only four as top-rank contractors. At year’s end, ARPA considered only two contractors, and awarded the contract to build the network to BBN Technologies on April 7, 1969. The initial, seven-man BBN team were much aided by the technical specificity of their response to the ARPA RFQ — and thus quickly produced the first working computers. This team was led by Frank Heart. The BBN-proposed network closely followed Taylor’s ARPA plan: a network composed of small computers called Interface Message Processors (IMPs), that functioned as gateways (today called routers) interconnecting local resources. At each site, the IMPs performed store-and-forward packet switching functions, and were interconnected with modems that were connected to leased lines, initially running at 50kbit/second. The host computers were connected to the IMPs via custom serial communication interfaces. The system, including the hardware and the packet switching software, was designed and installed in nine months.

The first-generation IMPs were initially built by BBN Technologies using a rugged computer version of the Honeywell DDP-516 computer configured with 24kB of expandable core memory, and a 16-channel Direct Multiplex Control (DMC) direct memory access unit.[4] The DMC established custom interfaces with each of the host computers and modems. In addition to the front-panel lamps, the DDP-516 computer also features a special set of 24 indicator-lamps showing the status of the IMP communication channels. Each IMP could support up to four local hosts, and could communicate with up to six remote IMPs via leased lines."

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As one of people that wrote code to interface some machines to the IMP... yes, the ARPAnet started in the last 1960s... we have a new name for the Arpanet... it's now known as the Internet.
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