UCLA issues a press release stating that it “will become the first station in a nationwide computer network which, for the first time, will link together computers of different makes and using different machine languages into one time-sharing system.” It went on to say that “Creation of the network represents a major forward step in computer technology and may serve as the forerunner of large computer networks of the future.”
How right they were! Of course, this was the first step in creating what became known as the Internet. The first transmission on
that newly created internet
wasn’t actually sent until October 29th.
Without these two integral inventions coming into play, imagine how different your real estate business would be today.
July 3, 1969