Internet 1973

[Mugwump]

Map of the entire internet in 1973

[waterboy]

It all started with the Army wanting a way to talk to research centers easily and quickly.  I did a study of the transmission protocols a couple years later, fascinating stuff. There was a guy named John Postel at one of the universities that was one of the developers.
I have no idea why I remember that name.  ARPA added a D and became DARPA shortly after.

[BallAquatics]

That's a very cool diagram, especially since it show what kind of "iron" they had running at each location.

Dennis