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tags: [computer-history, ARPANET]
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created: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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# Bolt, Beranek and Newman
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Founded by Bolt and Beranek, two MIT students and hired some of the leading
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scientists of the day to lead departments. E.g. J.C.R Licklider, John McCarthy
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and Marvin Minsky.
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- Tested the original prototype of the PDP-1 on behalf of DEC.
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- Working for BBN, McCarthy developed one of the first time-sharing systems (the
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"BBN Time-Sharing System") for the PDP-1 provided by DEC.
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- Sponsored by DARPA to create the IMP computers which served as the main
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routers of the ARPANET.
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Eventually subsumed into Raytheon and now known as "Raytheon BBN".
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