Foreword
I first logged into the predecessor of the Internet—the Arpanet—in 1980. My task as a teaching assistant was to download two compilers for our new Computer Science Department VAX from a colleague at MIT. In the process I also learned about email and two games—Adventure and Zork. In line with today’s environment, this led to a significant amount of time spent online.
The mechanics of how my session on a VAX in Halifax could move to another computer at MIT was hidden from me as a user, but fascinating to think about. As I began my working career as a systems programmer, I specialized in computer communications and have looked back.
The emergence of TCP/IP and routing protocols later in the 1980’s permitted the growth of what we now know ...
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