1980
CSNET
After the meeting Landweber sat down with Peter Denning from Purdue, Dave Farber of the University of Delaware and Tony Hearn from RAND. Together they worked out a detailed concept of the new network all summer. Their concept envisioned a network which was open for computer scientists from universities, federal institutions and the industry. The used medium should be provided by a commercial provider such as TELENET. In November 1979 they turned in their final version at NSF.
Gateways should interconnect the different levels of networks seamlessly.
NSF was satisfied with the new concept and they continued to fund CSNET for a five year start-up phase, until it was supposed to get financed entirely by a royalty fee. Furthermore, the new scheme envisioned NSF as administrator for the project, before transferring the responsibility to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which was very experienced in this kind of projects.
NSF was satisfied with the new concept and they continued to fund CSNET for a five year start-up phase, until it was supposed to get financed entirely by a royalty fee. Furthermore, the new scheme envisioned NSF as administrator for the project, before transferring the responsibility to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which was very experienced in this kind of projects.
1980
Net
Facts
Facts
1980
Other
Events
Events
The first Golf War between Iran and Iraq begins after the cancellation of a treaty from 1975 and air attacks on Iranian oil centres by Iraq.
Heavy race riots in Miami after four white policemen are exculpated from beating a coloured person to death.
In the North Sea the drilling platform Alexander Kielland capsizes in an enormous storm killing over 150 workers.
The US space probe VOYAGER I passes Saturn on November 12 and discovers the 13 and 14 moon of Saturn.
In May, the most famous video game of all time called “Pac-Man” is released in Japan under the name „Puck-Man“.