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• 80s BBS
Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome.
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• A Brief History of the Internet
An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms.
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• A Brief History of the Internet
Microsoft explains the origins of the web in ArpaNet, the contribution of Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium and domain names.
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• A Little History of the World Wide Web
A hyperlinked timeline from 1945 to 1995, with references, from The World Wide Web Consortium.
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• A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN
Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN.
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• A Tour of the Worm
Donn Seeley tells the story of the Internet Worm of 1988 and how it effectively shut down the Internet. Proceedings of the Winter USENIX Technical Conference, San Diego, California, January 1989.
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• ABCNEWS.com: Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffeepot
Report by Leela Jacinto, looking at the coffeepot's practicality, invention, and rise to fame.
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• Apple: Tim Bray
Profile by Joe Cellini of the web pioneer who computerized the Oxford English Dictionary, created an early search engine, co-wrote XML and founded Antarctica Systems.
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• Arnold King: Bobos in Camden
Essays on the Pop!Tech 2000 Conference, including one on Barlow's comment that "India gets it" and his selective reality.
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• ArpaNet History
The Untold History of ArpaNet.
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• ArpaNet Map - Part of An Atlas of Cyberspaces
An atlas of maps and graphic representations of the geographies of ArpaNet.
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• ArpaNet Maps
Scanned maps of the network for twelve distinct periods from December 1969 to March 1977.
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• Barlow Home(stead)Page
Former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Photographs, short biography, essays, interviews, lyrics, and photo album.
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• BBC: Web's Inventor Gets a Knighthood
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the world wide web, has been honoured for his work.
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• BBC: New Honour for the Web's Inventor
The web's inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, wins a prestigious prize which comes with an award of one million euros.
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• BBC: What the Net Did Next
The internet is set to become the basis for just about every form of communication, says net pioneer Vint Cerf. Includes a summary of his achievements.
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• Brief History of the Internet
Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up the Internet.
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• Case, Steve
The founder of AOL describes his work and gives the text of his speeches.
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• CBC Radio - Pulling the Plug on World's First Webcam
Mary Lou's interview with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, in RealAudio format.
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• CNet News: Still Netting after all These Years
Nearly 30 years after joining the team of engineers that erected ARPANET, Vinton G. Cerf is still very much on the job, reports Nick Wingfield.
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• CNN.com - Web Coffee Pot Goes off the Boil
Article on the origins, history, and demise of the coffee machine.
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• CNN: Law Chat Transcript
Barlow talks about Napster and the MP3 controversy.
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• Community Memory
Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet.
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• Creators to Pull Plug on Original Webcam
Article from the Washington Post, by Peter S. Goodman, looking at the camera's history, reason for invention, and demise.
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• Cyberspace Independence Declaration
Barlow's manifesto posted to the net on February 8, 1996, the day after the Telecom Reform Act of 1996 was signed into law.
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• Demise of Early Online Star (a Coffee Machine) Puts Web's Evolution in Perspective
History of the coffee machine, covering the reasons for its invention, its impact on the web, and its demise.
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• DevArchives
Contains archives of FAQs, mailing lists, and newsgroups all related to developer/programming/IT. Free.
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• Dunster Net
Suresh Chanmugam provides pictures of the team which set up this computer network at Harvard, with a note of its history.
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• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded by Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow, working to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
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• Ellis, Jim
USA Today's tribute to the creator of Usenet, who died from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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• Farewell, Seminal Coffee Cam (Wired)
Reuters report announcing the end of the coffee pot webcam.
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• First Monday: Internet Time and the Reliability of Search Engines
Journal article by Paul Wouters, Iina Hellsten, and Loet Leydesdorff. Examines the consequences and implications of internet search engines continuously reconstructing the past by updating their indices.
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• From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam
Scott Ruthfield explores the beginnings of the Internet, development of IMPs and packet-switching, ARPAnet, TCP/IP, and NSFNet, with references.
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• Ghost Sites
Long running online "museum" provides screenshots of defunct sites.
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• Google Groups
Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.
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• Guardian Unlimited - Plug Pulled on Web's Historic Coffee Pot
Report on the announcement that the first webcam was going to be taken offline, and a brief history of it.
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• History of the Internet
In this article Internet pioneer, Philip Emeagwali, reflects on his contributions and those of others.
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• History of the Internet
Dr. Rognar Ismaellsen covers the Web, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP.
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• History of the Internet and Web
Anthony Anderberg gives a timeline of communications and the Internet from 700BC to 1999, with references.
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• History of the Internet: Internet for Historians
This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data.
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