Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022

50+ years (huh?)

ARPANET started in 1968 and was formally decomissioned in 1990. Quoting the Wikipedia article:

Adoption of TCP/IP

The DoD made TCP/IP standard for all military computer networking in 1980. NORSAR and University College London left the ARPANET and began using TCP/IP over SATNET in early 1982.

On January 1, 1983, known as flag day, TCP/IP protocols became the standard for the ARPANET, replacing the earlier Network Control Protocol.

UCL is still online, and according to http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/darpa/internet-history.html, it was already online in the early 1970s. So, someone may still have an UCL account from the ARPANET time. Not very likely, but also not impossible.

Alexander

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Re^3: poll ideas quest 2022 by duelafn (Parson) on Nov 12, 2022 at 12:59 UTC
Sure, I'd found some other "early 70s" possibilities, so I made sure that the range is at least partially covered, but 50+ is a nice break point and anyone responding with that answer needs to explain themselves anyway so I left in the "huh?". Good Day, Dean	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2022 by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 12, 2022 at 20:33 UTC
Got it. Maybe change that "huh?" to "please tell the story". Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]