Once upon a time , you could pull out a map of the known cyberspace . Here ’s what the mankind of networked data processor reckon like in 1977 when ARPANET was still just a huge governance - funded scientific discipline project . It ’s actually incredible that the meshwork proliferated this much in the eight year after the first four - node web was establish back in 1969 .
The map shows the different locations of the connected computers , which at this stop were all owned by university ( Stanford , UCLA , et al ) or the administration ( ahem , the Pentagon ) . The make and model of the computers at each of the location are in box . For example , PDP 11 describe the Digital Equipment Corporation ’s Programmed Data Processor 11 .
These maps were drawn regularly throughout in the early days , and were finally compile in the ARPANET Completion Report published on January 4 , 1978 . Was ARPANET a success ? grant to the report ( quote by the Computer History Museum ):
This ARPA program has created no less than a revolution in electronic computer engineering and has been one of the most successful projects ever undertaken by ARPA . The full impact of the technical changes set in motion by this undertaking may not be understood for many geezerhood .
Yeah , no kidding . [ Arpanet MapsviaBruce SterlingviaBoing Boing ]
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