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From: art@opal.acc.com (Art Berggreen)
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Subject: Re: Map of Internet
Message-ID: <1991May28.161202.14155@salt.acc.com>
Date: 28 May 91 16:12:02 GMT
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In article <1991May27.173507.20501@watson.ibm.com> metzger@watson.ibm.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes:
>In article <552.283ced35@vax87.aud.auc.dk> dalk@vax87.aud.auc.dk writes:
>>I am looking for a map of the Internet for a slide. Does someone on the net
>>have this on a PostScript file (or another print file) ?
>
>At one time, a number of years ago, I saw such a thing. Back then,
>there was just the ArpaNet and a few other add-ons.

BBN (if I remember right) used to put up a current map of the internet
at each IETF meeting during the mid-to-late '80s.  They gave up when there
got to be too many nets to make any sense on a page.  The Internet has has
grown several fold since then.

But a map showing just the backbones and regionals (and their interconnection
points) might be doable and useful.  This could only ever be a snapshot,
as the Internet is constantly changing, but the backbones are probably
the most stable part.

>Perry Metzger

Art