To: mkjessup
'data packet switching' began with DARPA. I heard years ago that DARPA bought the data packet switching idea from someone, I think a university professor.
49 posted on
07/23/2012 8:02:42 AM PDT by
maryz
To: maryz; All
I heard years ago that DARPA bought the data packet switching idea from someone, I think a university professor.
I remember hearing something like that myself, but the name eludes me, while I'm thinking of it however, I would put in a plug for a fantastic book (that admittedly some may already have read) 'The Soul of a New Machine' by Tracy Kidder (1981), it details the development of the Data General 'Eagle' mini computer, and it falls into the category of "can't put it down" until you finish it. An excellent read.
58 posted on
07/23/2012 8:21:49 AM PDT by
mkjessup
(Romney is to conservatism what Helen Thomas is to a high fashion model walkway.)
To: maryz; mkjessup
The idea of packet switching came from Rand Corp.
Let’s also not forget long-distance signaling, the transistor, and microwaves from Ma Bell (as well as Bell Labs’ Unix)
108 posted on
07/23/2012 10:24:44 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
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