ROBUST discussion

Andre Jute wrote: "Patricia wrote: "It was the '90s (but began in the stone age -- the '70s) when only the geeks were emailing, not the common folk and not corporate types."

You're mistaken. We corporate types were ..."

In my circle we didn't get special permissions from the Pentagon. Eventually, we got Prodigy and AOL CDs in the mail, and had some links to local bulletin boards. Even so, we felt like we were at the forefront of technology.

MiliNet isn't a precusor of ARAPNet. It's a later child network, a product of the time when the DOD network was separated more discretely (in the early 80s) from the civilian network that grew into the Internet.

ARAPNet had no real precursors.

It's the first real packet-switching-based network other than really small things done for testing and proof of concept.

It dates back to the late 60s.

The DOD had various circuit-switching-based messenging systems, though, but those are a different kettle of fish.

What you describe sounds like the predecessors of things like DMS, such as AUTODIN.

I wasn't on the Nets until the mid-80's. There were BBS networks, I had a lot of fun on those mini-nets.

Rings no bell. MiliNet sounds like a million hands for pawing secretaries...

Sorry this was my response to Sierra's much earlier post. It just appeared after every one posted.

Thanks for the explanation, Jeremy. It sounds like its the other fellow misremembering...

Military Net LOL

BACK ON TOPIC! (Cracks whip)

It's the middle of the month - anyone see a pickup in sales yet? I'm just seeing movement on my free titles. "Badlands Rescue" is moving on B&N.

Amazon has a grand total of 3 sales. BLAH! I've got a couple of free days left. Time to send them off.