What UseNet used to look like

[giza]

                USENET Logical Map
                June 1, 1981
                !-      Uucp links
                :       Berknet links
                @       Arpanet links

                                  pdp
                    (Misc)         ! (NC)       (Misc)
           decvax sii  reed  phs--unc--grumpy  duke34  utzoo  cincy teklabs
              ! !  !    !     !    !             !       !      !      !
              ! +--+----+-----+-+--+-------------+-------+------+      !
              !                 !                                      !
              !               duke                                     !
              !                 !                                      !
              !          +------+---+-----------------------+--------+ !
              !          !          !                       !        ! !
     ucbopt   !  hocsr--mhtsa----research   mh135a        harpo-----chico
        :     !          !  !                  !
     ucbcory  !          ! eagle    ihnss   vax135  (Bell Labs)
  (UCB) :     !          !  !        !         !
     ucbvax--++----------+--+--+-----+--+------+--------+
        :    @                 !        !               ! (Silicon Valley)
     ucbarpa @      (UCSD) sdcsvax      !             menlo70--hao
        :    @     sdcattb-----+        !             !    !
     ucbonyx @                 +-----ucsfcgl        sytek sri-unix
             @     phonlab-----+
         cca-unix           sdcarl 

This was back in 1981, mind you.

Comments

[kellic.livejournal.com]

Its actually easier today.

-Warez
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[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Ah.. makes me smile. Addresses with "!", I used to have one of those, and a REAL ARPANET address and BITNET address.

Ask scs_11 about his old address.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

ICON FTW!!!!

[scs-11.livejournal.com]

Shortly after this map was published, ihnss was upgraded to ihnp4. My address was ihnp4!itivax!lokkur!scs.

Yes, I used lokkur as an address for over 20 years before retiring it. There's still a machine by that name (the 7th, I believe), but it's no longer accessible.

[xshengx.livejournal.com]

I still don't speak cheetah....geez, Giza.

[giza.livejournal.com]

It's not Cheetah. It's UUCP. :-P

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that just stand for Un-Understandable Cheetah Patois?