Bolt, Beranek, and Newman - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ +Bolt, Beranek, and Newman Inc.: A Case History of Transition

2025-09-29T13:41:53Z

‎External links: +Bolt, Beranek, and Newman Inc.: A Case History of Transition

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Computers */ Add photo of a Pluribus.

2025-03-11T12:49:49Z

‎Computers: Add photo of a Pluribus.

Jnc: Correct name

2024-03-18T18:42:46Z

Correct name

Larsbrinkhoff: /* Computers */ Add BitGraph, although perhaps not quite a real computer.

2024-02-28T06:33:54Z

‎Computers: Add BitGraph, although perhaps not quite a real computer.

Larsbrinkhoff: List some computers made at BBN.

2024-02-28T06:23:17Z

List some computers made at BBN.

Jnc: Mention BBN Pager

2024-02-17T12:48:52Z

Mention BBN Pager

Jnc: /* See also */ +Telenet

2024-01-12T21:42:18Z

‎See also: +Telenet

Jnc: /* External links */ +“The Third University of Cambridge”: BBN and the Development of the ARPAnet

2024-01-11T23:01:16Z

‎External links: +“The Third University of Cambridge”: BBN and the Development of the ARPAnet

Jnc: typo

2024-01-10T00:46:41Z

typo

Jnc: +New category

2024-01-10T00:45:47Z

+New category

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 ==Computers==
 BBN designed several computers in-house:
-* Pluribus - multiprocessor packet switch
+* [[Pluribus]] - multiprocessor packet switch
 * MBB - microprogrammable building block
-* C/30 - IMP built on the MBB
+** C/30 - IMP built on the MBB
-* C/70 - Unix minicomputer built on the MBB
+** C/70 - Unix minicomputer built on the MBB
 * [[BBN Jericho workstation|Jericho]] - [[LISP|Lisp]] and [[Pascal]] workstation
 * Butterfly - multiprocessor
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 * [https://www.walden-family.com/bbn/ Website for the book A Culture of Innovation] - contains ''many'' links to interesting  material
 ** [http://walden-family.com/bbn/bbn-print2.pdf A Culture of Innovation: Insider Accounts of Computing and Life at BBN]
 * [https://www.freaktakes.com/p/the-third-university-of-cambridge “The Third University of Cambridge”: BBN and the Development of the ARPAnet]
 [[Category: Research Organizations]]
 [[Category: PDP-10 Users]]

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 '''Bolt, Beranek, and Newman''' (usually referred to as '''BBN''') is a research organization, primarily operating out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (It was purchased by Raytheon in 2009.)
-Started in 1948 to do consulting in acoustics, it broadened its focus to include computers after [[J. C. R. Licklider]] joined BBN in the Spring of 1957. A [[Royal McBee LGP-30]] computer, originally ordered by [[Ed Fredkin]] personally, before BBN hired him, was purchased in 1958. It was followed by the first [[PDP-1]] produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] in 1960; its acquisition allowed BBN to hire [[John McCarthy]] and [[Marvin Minsky]].
+Started in 1948 to do consulting in acoustics, it broadened its focus to include computers after [[J. C. R. Licklider]] joined BBN in the Spring of 1957. A Royal McBee [[LGP-30]] computer, originally ordered by [[Ed Fredkin]] personally, before BBN hired him, was purchased in 1958. It was followed by the first [[PDP-1]] produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] in 1960; its acquisition allowed BBN to hire [[John McCarthy]] and [[Marvin Minsky]].
 BBN eventually built the [[BBN Pager]] for the [[KA10]], and produced the [[TENEX]] [[operating system]] for the PDP-10, to support its other computer research.

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 * [[BBN Jericho workstation|Jericho]] - [[LISP|Lisp]] and [[Pascal]] workstation
 * Butterfly - multiprocessor
 ==See also==

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		+	==Computers==
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		+	BBN designed several computers in-house:
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		+	* Pluribus - multiprocessor packet switch
		+	* MBB - microprogrammable building block
		+	* C/30 - IMP built on the MBB
		+	* C/70 - Unix minicomputer built on the MBB
		+	* [[BBN Jericho workstation\|Jericho]] - [[LISP\|Lisp]] and [[Pascal]] workstation
		+	* Butterfly - multiprocessor

	==See also==		==See also==

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 Started in 1948 to do consulting in acoustics, it broadened its focus to include computers after [[J. C. R. Licklider]] joined BBN in the Spring of 1957. A [[Royal McBee LGP-30]] computer, originally ordered by [[Ed Fredkin]] personally, before BBN hired him, was purchased in 1958. It was followed by the first [[PDP-1]] produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] in 1960; its acquisition allowed BBN to hire [[John McCarthy]] and [[Marvin Minsky]].
-BBN eventually produced the [[TENEX]] [[operating system]] for the [[PDP-10]] to support its other computer research.
+BBN eventually built the [[BBN Pager]] for the [[KA10]], and produced the [[TENEX]] [[operating system]] for the PDP-10, to support its other computer research.
-BBN got into [[data network]]ing after it won the contract to build the [[Interface Message Processor|IMP]] for [[ARPA]]'s [[ARPANET]], in 1968. When DARPA (as it had become) then tuned its attention to interconnecting heterogeneous networks, BBN was tasked with producing the first [[internetwork]] [[router]] (although that term did not then exist); BBN's routers formed the backbone of the [[Internet]] for many years.
+BBN got into [[data network]]ing after it won the contract to build the [[Interface Message Processor|IMP]] for [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration|ARPA]]'s [[ARPANET]], in 1968. When DARPA (as it had become) then tuned its attention to interconnecting heterogeneous networks, BBN was tasked with producing the first [[internetwork]] [[router]] (although that term did not then exist); BBN's routers formed the backbone of the [[Internet]] for many years.
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	==External links==		==External links==

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