[Magdalen] Crucible

[Lesley de Voil]

My late husband (then the Systems Manager for our local University
computer) and I came to the States in early 1979. In Boston at Digital
Computers, he said, he saw the beginnings of a new era with the
changes that were already taking place regarding communications
between computers. At that stage, communication between computers was
rudimentary. (i.e. send the tape or floppy disk through the
mail/courier.) It's always been a source of mixed pride and sadness to
me that he died before he actually saw USENET in operation although he
understood its potential.

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On 12/10/14, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 09/12/2014 19:16, Jon Egger wrote:
>> I know I was 'computerized' in 1995 because that's when the OKC bombing
>> took place.  Even then I remember telling people it was 'thunder on the
>> far
>> right' who did this, not an outside US group.
>
> A quick Google shows that was the year that the last restrictions on the
> use of the net by commercial, as opposed to academic, institutions were
> removed with the winding up of the NSFNET Project.  Various protocols to
> allow its development had been formulated in the preceding years.  It's
> incredible to think that is less than 20 years ago when you consider the
> communication network we now take for granted.
>
> I was computerized (but obviously not connected) about 15 years before
> then as I recall using my Dragon 32 (32KB RAM) connected to a dot matrix
> printer to cut wax stencils for a service booklet in 1980.  How things
> have changed!
>
> Roger
>