Old EMAIL index

By date: early-to-mid 70s, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, later

By subject: 43xx, 801, CJNTEL, CMSBACK, CRYPTO, GlobalLRU, HONE, HSDT, MEDUSA, NSFNET, VMSG, VMSHARE, VNET,

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Old EMAIL Index (by year)

early to mid-70s

731212 750102, 750430, 750827, 771216,

1978

780321, 780329, 780405, 780405, 780414, 780517, 780717, 781010, 781011, 781016, 781018, 781103, 781128, 781211, 781218, 781228,

1979

790105, 790117, 790122, 790123, 790123, 790212, 790212, 790216, 790220, 790220, 790220, 790223, 790226, 790312, 790312, 790316, 790326, 790326, 790329, 790402, 790403, 790403, 790404, 790404, 790424, 790429, 790429, 790504, 790523, 790606, 790607, 790619, 790705, 790711, 790711, 790711, 790711, 790905, 790912, 790912, 791010, 791010, 791010, 791011, 791011, 791012, 791025, 791107, 791107, 791206, 791211,

1980

800117, 800117, 800119, 800121, 800121, 800122, 800208, 800221, 800221, 800221, 800227, 800227, 800227, 800228, 800301, 800306, 800307, 800310, 800310, 800310, 800310, 800311, 800311, 800311, 800311, 800312, 800312, 800314, 800318, 800319, 800320, 800321, 800323, 800325, 800327, 800327, 800329, 800329, 800329, 800331, 800331, 800401, 800401, 800402, 800404, 800404, 800407, 800408, 800408, 800408, 800409, 800417, 800429, 800501, 800506, 800529, 800604, 800605, 800609, 800624, 800703, 800703, 800703, 800703, 800710, 800711, 800716, 800717, 800804, 800804, 800806, 800807, 800807, 800807, 800807, 800814, 800903, 800920, 801006, 801006, 801006, 801008, 801008, 801009, 801010, 801015, 801015, 801015, 801016, 801121, 801124, 801124, 801210, 801211, 801211, 801216, 801216, 801222,

1981

810128, 810210, 810217 810318, 810402, 810403, 810408 810409, 810421, 810422, 810422, 810506, 810506, 810506, 810511, 810511, 810506, 810514, 810515, 810525, 810526, 810527, 810531, 810617, 810626, 810629, 810630, 810706, 810706, 810729, 810808, 810812, 810820, 810821, 810828, 810914, 810921, 810927, 811005, 811006, 811006 811019, 811019, 811104, 811113, 811115, 811116, 811116, 811208, 811212, 811225,

1982

820111, 820201, 820202, 820208, 820208, 820210, 820210, 820215, 820225, 820301, 820303, 820304, 820323, 820324, 820324, 820401, 820413, 820503, 820512, 820512, 820513, 820519, 820714, 820726, 820805, 820805, 820811, 820820, 820826, 820826, 820826, 820907, 820907, 820907, 820907, 820910, 820912, 820916, 820916, 820916, 820916, 820917, 820917, 820918, 820923, 820929, 820929, 820929, 821008, 821019, 821026, 821027, 821022, 821022, 821022, 821104, 821104, 821105, 821112, 821122, 821204, 821206, 821207, 821214, 821214, 821216, 821217, 821225, 821230, 821230,

1983

830106, 830109, 830112, 830112, 830113, 830113, 830113, 830113, 830119, 830121, 830123, 830125, 830125, 830126, 830202, 830207, 830210, 830213, 830213, 830218, 830227, 830314, 830316, 830330, 830331, 830331, 830331, 830404, 830413, 830413, 830420, 830420, 830420, 830422, 830505, 830513, 830513, 830513, 830516, 830527, 830705, 830709, 830711, 830711, 830803, 830803, 830804, 830804, 830804, 830804, 830809, 830810, 830822, 830830, 830902, 830916, 831027, 831102, 831108, 831108, 831110, 831110, 831110, 831117, 831118, 831128, 831222, 831123, 831202, 831209, 831222, 831227,

1984

840109, 840306, 840309, 840320, 840402, 840402, 840403, 840404, 840405, 840405, 840412, 840418, 840517, 840517, 840518, 840607, 840618, 840626, 840626, 840626, 840720, 840809, 840904, 840904, 840904, 840921, 840926, 841003, 841012, 841012, 841012, 841015, 841016, 841114, 841114, 841114, 841115, 841116, 841116, 841120, 841121, 841121, 841121, 841126, 841127, 841127, 841207, 841207, 841207, 841207, 841207, 841217, 841218, 841219, 841226,

1985

850108, 850117, 850129, 850301, 850304, 850312, 850313, 850314, 850315, 850325, 850325, 850326, 850402, 850409, 850409, 850409, 850409, 850412, 850419, 850425, 850425, 850426, 850503, 850503, 850506, 850604, 850605, 850607, 850607, 850607, 850625, 850701, 850701, 850712, 850719, 850820, 850906, 850906, 850908, 850908, 850909, 850909, 850930, 850930, 851001, 851015, 851017, 851021, 851025, 851106, 851114, 851116,

1986

860111, 860111, 860113, 860114, 860117, 860119, 860119, 860120, 860121, 860121, 860121, 860122, 860123, 860124, 860124, 860124, 860217, 860217, 860219, 860223, 860414, 860407, 860407, 860416, 860417, 860417, 860418, 860422, 860423, 860428, 860428, 860430, 860501, 860501, 860505, 860507 860519, 860609, 860616, 860616, 860812, 860915, 860915, 861002, 861014, 861016, 861016, 861031, 861031, 861208, 861209, 861209, 861114, 861223, 861225,

1987

870108, 870109, 870204, 870211, 870218, 870219, 870220, 870220, 870302, 870302, 870306, 870315, 870320, 870328, 870416, 870507, 870507, 870508, 870508, 870515, 870604, 870624, 870713, 870722, 870825, 871111, 871115, 871122, 871124, 871204, 871204, 871227, 871230,

1988

880104, 880113, 880130, 880205, 880216, 880224, 880316, 880322, 880324, 880329, 880331, 880402, 880511, 880606, 880622, 880901, 880928, 881005, 881011, 881014, 881020, 881027, 881113, 881201, 881216,

1989

890217, 890308, 890327, 890424, 890512, 890519, 890605, 890615, 890615, 890707, 890709, 890727, 890731, 890801, 890801, 890901,

1990

900417, 900615, 900618, 900823, 900921, 901022, 901024, 901107,

1991

910123, 910214 910308, 910319 910729, 910807 910903 910910, 910923, 910928, 911003, 911004, 911005, 911014, 911024, 911119, 911205, 911212,

1992

920129, 920416, 920622, 920623, 920629, 920630, 920630, 920722, 921229,

since 1992

940907, 950110, 951030, 960203, 960323, 961211, 970624, 980908, 991117, 20030805, 20030827,

Old EMAIL Index (by topic)

NSFNET related

830804, 830830, 841121, 841121, 841121, 850312, 850313, 850314, 850315, 850325, 850325, 850326, 850402, 850409, 850409, 850425, 850425, 850426, 850506, 850607, 850930, 850930, 851001, 851106, 851114, 860407, 860407, 860417, 860428, 860428, 860430, 860501, 860505, 860519, 860915, 860915, 861208, 870109, 870220, 870302, 870515, 880104,

and collected posts mentioning arpanet, csnet, nsfnet and/or internet
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#nsfnet
nsfnet SNA/VTAM misinformation
870109
other SNA/VTAM misinformation
870302, 870306,
NSFNET backbone program announcement (awarded 24Nov87) 860328,
past posts specifically mentioning internet
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#internet

HSDT, distributed, &/or other network

781016, 790404, 790404, 800506, 810706, 810729, 811212, 820215, 821022, 821122, 830112, 830804, 830422, 840320, 840418, 840904, 840904, 840912, 841121, 841121, 841217, 841218, 850312, 850325, 850325, 850326, 850402, 850409, 850409, 850607, 850625, 850719, 850930, 851021, 851106, 860120, 860407, 860407, 860416, 860417, 860418, 860505, 860812, 860915, 861225, 870108, 870204, 870229, 870306, 870416, 870507, 870624, 880322, 881216, 890308, 890731, 890801, 890801, 890901, 920630, 920630,

and collected posts mentioning HSDT (high-speed data transport) project
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#hsdt
Rate-based control for XTP Technical Advisory Board and old rate-based email 890801
a few XTP related email: 881113, 890424, and 890901

MEDUSA (cluster-in-a-rack)

910910, 910928, 911003, 911004, 911005, 911014, 911024, 911119, 911205, 920129,

Collected posts mentioning ha/6000, ha/cmp, cluster, loosely-coupled

Also other related HA/CMP email 910729, 911205, 911212 and 920722,
A reference to (128 processor shared-disk) cluster scaleup meeting early Jan92
Possibly within hours of the 920129 email, the effort was transferred, we were told we couldn't work on anything with more than four processors, and within couple weeks there were articles (after IBM supercomputer announce):
920217 ... "scientific and technical only" and then 920511 article ... "caught by surprise"(!?)

earlier processor cluster activity (overlap 801, supercomputer and NSFNET):
850314, 850315, 870315,
801 related email
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/lhwemail.html#801

CMSBACK (internal precursor to workstation datasave, ADSM, & TSM)

791025, 801211, 830112,
and collected posts mentioning backup/archive, cmsback, wdsf, adsm, tsm, etc
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#backup

CJNTEL

800329, 800329, 800401, 800408, 800408, 810515, 850909, 850909, 810629,

Public Key (and/or other crypto)

780517, 790312, 790403, 790403, 810506, 810515, 841115, 841218, 841226, 850625, 850701, 860120, 860407, 970624,

810506 and 810515 discuss PGP-like proposal. Misc posts on various public key topics
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subpubkey.html

VNET

781016, 781018, 790403, 791206, 800122, 800327, 801216, 810506, 810515, 811212, 821112, 821206, 830422, 830916, 851017, 860416, 860417, 860418, 860403, 861225, 870204, 870229, 870302, 870306, 870328, 870624,

Various posts mentioning internal network (the internal network was larger than the arpanet/internet from just about the beginning until possibly late '85 or early '86)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#internalnet

Global LRU, clock, etc

780717, 810506, 821019, 850304, 850409, 851015, 860111, 860111, 860114, 860119, 860119, 860124, 860501, 860609, 861209, 870320,

and collected posts mentioning clock, replacement algorithms, etc
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#wsclock

801, Iliad, ROMP, Fort Knox, RIOS, risc

781128, 790607, 790619, 790705, 790711, 790711, 790711, 790711, 801121, 810318, 810422, 810808, 810812, 811006, 811006, 811104, 811113, 811115, 830420, 830804, 841015, 841016, 841114, 841116, 841127, 841127, 850301, 850314, 850315, 850409, 870315, 880316, 880928, 911205,

and collected posts mentioning 801, Iliad, Fort Knox, ROMP, RIOS, RISC, etc
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#801
and (801) cluster scaleup
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/lhwemail.html#medusa
some processor cluster activity (overlap 801, supercomputer and NSFNET):
850314, 850315, 870315,

43xx machines

790122, 790123, 790123, 790212, 790212, 790220, 790226, 790326, 790326, 790404, 790404, 790429, 791211, 800228, 800311, 800311, 800717, 801121, 810128, 810617, 820215, 820826, 820912, 820916, 820916, 830112, 830125, 841012, 841012, 861031, 861223,

HONE system (Hands-On Network Environment)

781010, 781011, 781018, 791012, 800310, 800318, 800409, 801124, 810626, 820714, 820912, 821104, 821104, 821105, 830902, 841116, 841219, 851017, 860117,

and collected posts mentioning (virtual machine based) HONE system, world-wide online sales&marketing system (and/or APL)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#hone

VMSG - early internal email client

790312, 790312, 790403, 790403, 800221, 810629, 820811,

a early, limited function, pre-release VMSG version was used in PROFS
810514,

VMSHARE

780405, 800307, 800318, 800329, 800331, 800401, 800409, 810511, 810626, 811225, 820301, 820714, 821214, 821217, 830113, 830113, 830119, 830227, 830902, 831222, 840626, 840626, 840809, 841219, 850820, 850906, 860111, 860111, 861016,

vmshare archive:
http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare

And some old pictures

3270 logon screen post, more recent post,

3270 logo screen shot

1000th internal network node post

1000th node globe

2741 selectric APL ball post

2741 apl typeball

2741 apl typeball

HSDT digital tdma post

hsdt digital tdma

home terminal 77-79 post

home miniterm

home miniterm

3101 home terminal post

home 3101

home pc/home terminal post

home pc

Share LSRAD report

lsrad
now available at: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/share/

RIOS paperweight

RIOS

Backyard full USENET (satellite) feed (circa 1993)

pagesat usenet feed