DistOS 2019F 2019-09-9
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Readings
The Early Internet:
- Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972) (DOI)
- Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972) - video
Discussion Questions
- What were the capabilities of computers and communications networks in the early 1970's?
- How did the phone network compare to the nascent Internet?
- What were the motivations for building the early Internet?
- What scale were they envisioning for the network?
- What sort of hardware was required to connect to the network?
- How did their vision match up with what the Internet is used for today?
- What surprised you? What was hard to understand?