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Future Computer Networks If we look forward to the year 2000, based on historical trends computers will be about 500 times cheaper per computation than today. Almost all devices in the home, office or plant will have complex computers incorporated into them. Simple local area network facilities like shielded twisted pair will connect the majority of these together and a gateway will connect this local network to the public telecommunication system over 57 (hopefully a revised and truly integrated) ISDN facility.

Distinctions as to which device is the phone may become difficult because many of the device-computers may use the voice network from time to time for warnings, ordering, and certaintly in assisting us to find the party to whom we wish to talk. Phone service today is in great need of automation; we waste large amounts of time non-productively answering and calling to find people. Thus as the telecommunications network brings data and voice together home and office automation will integrate them. | larry roberts, the arpanet and computer networks, acm, 1986

sterben mythen wirklich so langsam. take that

One of the original goals of the ARPANET was resource sharing to optimize computer resources. | larry roberts, the arpanet & computer networks, acm, 1986

paul baran, rand papers on distributed communications donald watts davies, proposal for the development of a national communication service for on-line data processing, overview

i was warned it's hard to find useful material in geneva by going through old protocols on standardization, as most things get decided during coffee breaks and corridor talks. but as long as people write memos there is a little bit of hope.

recommended reading: donald davies historical notes on packet switching and a 1967 meeting of the ccitt "special study group a"

a paper that made it into hugo kirnbauer's "das elektron" 1967 and was highly discussed at its time is j.w. halina: data transmission - current trends and future prospects, a speech halina gave 1963 at aiee.

includes multiplexing, costs of data transfer, paper explosion due to computing and the question: who should read and write all this?