| 1. 1971 Prediction of the Web/Telesphere |
| The cyberspace concept was described (and referred to as "telepresence") in the 108pp book "Man in the Telesphere". The complete text is now provided on-line. |
| http://www.vcn.bc.ca/web-prophet/ |
| 2. 80s BBS |
| Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome. |
| http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/80sBBS/ |
| 3. A Brief History of the Internet |
| An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms. |
| http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html |
| 4. A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN |
| Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN. |
| http://ben.home.cern.ch/ben/TCPHIST.html |
| 5. Brief History of the Internet |
| Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up the Internet. |
| http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/histo... |
| 6. Community Memory |
| Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet. |
| http://memex.org/community-memory.html |
| 7. From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam |
| Scott Ruthfield explores the beginnings of the Internet, development of IMPs and packet-switching, ARPAnet, TCP/IP, and NSFNet, with references. |
| http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-1/inet-hi... |
| 8. History of the Internet: Internet for Historians |
| This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data. |
| http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/fram... |
| 9. History of the Web Beginning at CERN |
| Cheryl Gribble gives a clear outline with bibliography and links to related sites. |
| http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.a... |
| 10. Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet |
| An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development. |
| http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.sh... |
| 11. Internet Society: Internet Histories |
| A list of links to resources. |
| http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/ |
| 12. Net Valley |
| Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history. |
| http://www.netvalley.com/ |
| 13. Net.Wars |
| Online book by Wendy M. Grossman. Observations on the growth of the Internet and corresponding controversies surrounding it. |
| http://www.nyupress.org/netwars/ |
