ARPANET - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ Bitsavers has reorganized a bit

2026-10-02T15:28:09Z

External links: Bitsavers has reorganized a bit

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	* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-prop-ocr.pdf ARPANET Proposal] - the seedling		* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-prop-ocr.pdf ARPANET Proposal] - the seedling
	* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-completion-report.pdf A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade ] - the tree <!-- https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/A-History-of-the-ARPANet.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA115440.pdf -->		* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-completion-report.pdf A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade ] - the tree <!-- https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/A-History-of-the-ARPANet.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA115440.pdf -->
	* BBN Report #1822, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bbn/imp/~~BBN1822_Jan1976~~.pdf Specification for the Interconnection of a Host and an IMP] - Appendix F contains the VDH specification		* BBN Report #1822, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bbn/imp/BBN-1822_Jan1976.pdf Specification for the Interconnection of a Host and an IMP] - Appendix F contains the VDH specification
	* [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpanet.html ARPANET Technical Information]		* [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpanet.html ARPANET Technical Information]
	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpageo.html ARPANET Technical Information: Geographic Maps]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpageo.html ARPANET Technical Information: Geographic Maps]

Jnc: /* Further reading */ Link AFIPS

2025-10-06T10:14:12Z

Jnc: /* External links */ +Resurrection of the 1973 IMP code

2025-07-16T12:11:05Z

External links: +Resurrection of the 1973 IMP code

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	* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]		* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]
	* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/museum/tcp-ip-digest/ TCP-IP-Digest] - this mailing list recorded the work to convert the ARPANET to TCP/IP		* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/museum/tcp-ip-digest/ TCP-IP-Digest] - this mailing list recorded the work to convert the ARPANET to TCP/IP
			* [https://www.walden-family.com/impcode/ Resurrection of the 1973 IMP code]- also links to a wealth of online material

	[[Category: ARPANET]]		[[Category: ARPANET]]

Jnc: "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" - link to online copy

2025-07-16T11:58:29Z

"Where Wizards Stay Up Late" - link to online copy

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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

	* F.E. Heart, R.E. Kahn, S.M. Ornstein, W.R. Crowther, and D.C. Walden, "[http://www.walden-family.com/public/1970-imp-afips.pdf The interface message processor for the ARPA computer network]", Proceedings AFIPS, 1970 SJCC, Vol. 36, pp. 551-567.		* F.E. Heart, R.E. Kahn, S.M. Ornstein, W.R. Crowther, and D.C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/1970-imp-afips.pdf ''The interface message processor for the ARPA computer network''], Proceedings AFIPS, 1970 SJCC, Vol. 36, pp. 551-567.
	* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, "[http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network]", Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.		* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, [http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf ''Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network''], Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.
	* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, "[http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf The ARPA Network Design Decisions]", in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.		* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf ''The ARPA Network Design Decisions''], in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.
	* David Walden, 'IMP Software Guys', [https://walden-family.com/bbn/imp-code.pdf The ARPANET IMP Program: Retrospective and Resurrection], [[Annals of the History of Computing]], Vol. 36, No. 2, April-June 2014, pp. 28-39		* David Walden, 'IMP Software Guys', [https://walden-family.com/bbn/imp-code.pdf ''The ARPANET IMP Program: Retrospective and Resurrection''], [[Annals of the History of Computing]], Vol. 36, No. 2, April-June 2014, pp. 28-39 <!-- https://www.scribd.com/document/865776956/The-Arpanet-IMP-Program-imp-code - as-published version -->
	* Katie Hafner, "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet", Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996 - well researched, and accessibly told, history		* Katie Hafner, [https://monoskop.org/images/e/ee/Hafner_Katie_Lyon_Matthew_Where_Wizards_Stay_Up_Late_The_Origins_Of_The_Internet.pdf ''Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet''], Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996 - well researched, and accessibly told, history

	==External links==		==External links==

Jnc: /* External links */ +Alexander McKenzie oral history

2025-07-16T11:29:51Z

External links: +Alexander McKenzie oral history

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	==External links==		==External links==

	* BBN Report #1822, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bbn/imp/BBN1822_Jan1976.pdf Specification for the Interconnection of a Host and an IMP] - Appendix F contains the VDH specification
	* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-rfq.pdf ARPANET RFQ] - the acorn		* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-rfq.pdf ARPANET RFQ] - the acorn
	* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-prop-ocr.pdf ARPANET Proposal] - the seedling		* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-prop-ocr.pdf ARPANET Proposal] - the seedling
	* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-completion-report.pdf A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade ] - the tree <!-- https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/A-History-of-the-ARPANet.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA115440.pdf -->		* [https://walden-family.com/bbn/arpanet-completion-report.pdf A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade ] - the tree <!-- https://ipj.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/A-History-of-the-ARPANet.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA115440.pdf -->
			* BBN Report #1822, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bbn/imp/BBN1822_Jan1976.pdf Specification for the Interconnection of a Host and an IMP] - Appendix F contains the VDH specification
	* [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpanet.html ARPANET Technical Information]		* [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpanet.html ARPANET Technical Information]
	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpageo.html ARPANET Technical Information: Geographic Maps]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpageo.html ARPANET Technical Information: Geographic Maps]
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	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]
	* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6OJOu8K7Mcfwdh_oTpZAO1J0U71VyBP/view Scenarios for Using the ARPANET] - details of the demo at ICCC 1972		* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6OJOu8K7Mcfwdh_oTpZAO1J0U71VyBP/view Scenarios for Using the ARPANET] - details of the demo at ICCC 1972
			* [https://conservancy.umn.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/f3df46b6-0056-4813-8293-a64be0d690fb/content Alexander McKenzie Interview] - from the [[Charles Babbage Institute\|CBI]] oral history series; contains a wealth of detail
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf5fMAL994 Heralds of Resource Sharing] - interesting contemporaneous documentary on the ARPANET		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf5fMAL994 Heralds of Resource Sharing] - interesting contemporaneous documentary on the ARPANET
	* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]		* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]

Jnc: Later converted to using TCP/IP, and NCP was disabled

2025-04-17T12:56:40Z

Later converted to using TCP/IP, and NCP was disabled

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	* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBXEHEClcD9XLqueVyVf831LOlqn0hrJ/view Host-to-Host Protocol] (early version [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc714.txt here])		* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBXEHEClcD9XLqueVyVf831LOlqn0hrJ/view Host-to-Host Protocol] (early version [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc714.txt here])

	These [[protocol]]s formed the [[Network Control Protocol]], which all the [[application]] [[protocol]]s ran over.		These [[protocol]]s formed the [[Network Control Protocol]] (NCP), which all the [[application]] [[protocol]]s ran over.

	Those included:		Those included:
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	* [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/history/Mail_Protocol.txt MAIL] ([http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc772.txt here] is a much later proposal which eventually became [[SMTP]])		* [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/history/Mail_Protocol.txt MAIL] ([http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc772.txt here] is a much later proposal which eventually became [[SMTP]])
	* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742.txt NAME/FINGER]		* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc742.txt NAME/FINGER]

			The ARPANET later converted to using the [[TCP/IP]] protocol family, and NCP was disabled.

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Jnc: /* External links */ +TCP-IP-Digest

2025-04-17T12:50:34Z

External links: +TCP-IP-Digest

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	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf5fMAL994 Heralds of Resource Sharing] - interesting contemporaneous documentary on the ARPANET		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf5fMAL994 Heralds of Resource Sharing] - interesting contemporaneous documentary on the ARPANET
	* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]		* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]
			* [https://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/museum/tcp-ip-digest/ TCP-IP-Digest] - this mailing list recorded the work to convert the ARPANET to TCP/IP

	[[Category: ARPANET]]		[[Category: ARPANET]]

Jnc: /* External links */ +Heralds of Resource Sharing

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External links: +Heralds of Resource Sharing

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	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]
	* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6OJOu8K7Mcfwdh_oTpZAO1J0U71VyBP/view Scenarios for Using the ARPANET] - details of the demo at ICCC 1972		* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6OJOu8K7Mcfwdh_oTpZAO1J0U71VyBP/view Scenarios for Using the ARPANET] - details of the demo at ICCC 1972
			* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf5fMAL994 Heralds of Resource Sharing] - interesting contemporaneous documentary on the ARPANET
	* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]		* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]

	[[Category: ARPANET]]		[[Category: ARPANET]]

Jnc: /* External links */ +Scenarios for Using the ARPANET

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External links: +Scenarios for Using the ARPANET

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	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpapkt.html ARPANET Technical Information: Packet Formats]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpapkt.html ARPANET Technical Information: Packet Formats]
	** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]		** [http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/arpaprot.html ARPANET Technical Information: ARPANET Protocol Handbook]
			* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F6OJOu8K7Mcfwdh_oTpZAO1J0U71VyBP/view Scenarios for Using the ARPANET] - details of the demo at ICCC 1972
	* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]		* [https://ban.ai/multics/doc/kirstein-arpanet.pdf Early Experiences with the ARPANET and INTERNET in the UK]

	[[Category: ARPANET]]		[[Category: ARPANET]]

Jnc: /* Further reading */ +The ARPANET IMP Program: Retrospective and Resurrection

2025-01-05T16:52:20Z

Further reading: +The ARPANET IMP Program: Retrospective and Resurrection

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	* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, "[http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network]", Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.		* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, "[http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network]", Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.
	* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, "[http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf The ARPA Network Design Decisions]", in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.		* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, "[http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf The ARPA Network Design Decisions]", in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.
			* David Walden, 'IMP Software Guys', [https://walden-family.com/bbn/imp-code.pdf The ARPANET IMP Program: Retrospective and Resurrection], [[Annals of the History of Computing]], Vol. 36, No. 2, April-June 2014, pp. 28-39
	* Katie Hafner, "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet", Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996 - well researched, and accessibly told, history		* Katie Hafner, "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet", Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996 - well researched, and accessibly told, history

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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

	* F.E. Heart, R.E. Kahn, S.M. Ornstein, W.R. Crowther, and D.C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/1970-imp-afips.pdf ''The interface message processor for the ARPA computer network''], Proceedings AFIPS, 1970 SJCC, Vol. 36, pp. 551-567.		* F.E. Heart, R.E. Kahn, S.M. Ornstein, W.R. Crowther, and D.C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/1970-imp-afips.pdf ''The interface message processor for the ARPA computer network''], Proceedings [[American Federation of Information Processing Societies\|AFIPS]], 1970 SJCC, Vol. 36, pp. 551-567.
	* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, [http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf ''Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network''], Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.		* J.M. McQuillan, W.R. Crowther, B.P. Cosell, D.C. Walden, and F.E. Heart, [http://walden-family.com/impcode/1972-improvements-paper.pdf ''Improvements in the Design and Performance of the ARPA Network''], Proceedings AFIPS, 1972 FJCC, Vol. 40, pp. 741-754.
	* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf ''The ARPA Network Design Decisions''], in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.		* John M. McQuillan, David C. Walden, [http://www.walden-family.com/public/whole-paper.pdf ''The ARPA Network Design Decisions''], in "Computer Networks", Vol. 1, No. 5, August 1977, pp. 243-289.