Greetings, On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold wrote:
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On 10/18/2010 08:03 AM, Will Hargrave wrote:
I can recommend "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" by Katie Hafner
http://www.amazon.com/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/0684832674
A really good read IMHO.
An excellent read, highly recommended! Also check out Steven Levy's Hackers. It goes a bit beyond the Internet, but the first part is definitely relevant.
I would love to see an actual documentary put together, though. Surely there has to be footage out there of the early days.
I have video footage of the ANS / NSFnet NOC in the days of the T1 and T3 NSFnet. Also have many early network maps of NSFnet. And stored away in my collection are 9 of the IBM RT's that were used in the T1 NSFnet, some still with their original software and configurations, along with all the Token Ring gear and cables. One of these RT's was the software development machine used by Merit to develop rcp-routed, with all the source code still on the hard drive. And hanging on my wall in my office is the backdrop used in a promotional video (when ANS was bidding for the T3-NSFnet grant). This consisted of a view of mostly the Northern hemisphere, with blinky lights, and arrows, and lines showing the first T3 link between Ann Arbor and Virginia(?). I know of one other ex-ANS employee who "collected" old hardware and documentation, as well. Guess we both figured it was something that shouldn't be lost to the dumpster... --- Jay Nugent +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jay Nugent jjn@nuge.com (734)484-5105 (734)649-0850/Cell | | Nugent Telecommunications [www.nuge.com] | | Internet Consulting/Linux SysAdmin/Engineering & Design/ISP Reseller | | ISP Monitoring [www.ispmonitor.org] ISP & Modem Performance Monitoring | | Web-Pegasus [www.webpegasus.com] Web Hosting/DNS Hosting/Shell Accts| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 11:01am up 40 days, 19:11, 3 users, load average: 0.64, 0.20, 0.13