long before there were specific gtld-servers. I first saw this type of response in 1987. (I was not looking before then... :)
When did this start?
dig uunet.com @a.gtld-servers.net
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> uunet.com @a.gtld-servers.net ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; uunet.com, type = A, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: uunet.com. 2D IN NS NS.UU.NET. uunet.com. 2D IN NS UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com. uunet.com. 2D IN NS UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: NS.UU.NET. 2D IN A 137.39.1.3 UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com. 2D IN A 16.1.0.18 UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.com. 2D IN A 204.123.2.18 UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.com. 2D IN A 16.1.0.19
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