The history of Los Angeles as told through 232 objects. Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781. Between now and the 232nd anniversary, we are gathering the stories behind iconic objects that ...
Boelter Hall 3420 is the site of the first Internet message ever, which was sent with an Interface Message Processor to the Stanford Research Institute on Oct. 29, 1969. When Brad Fidler started ...
Some of you may remember the Zipit wireless instant messenger whose primary function was its support for WiFi and a bunch of different IM clients. Well if you don't, that pretty much sums it up, it ...
This is Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pinching the nipples of the Interface Message Processor, a ruggerized Honeywell DDP-516 Minicomputer. This box is responsible for what you are reading now, which either ...