ConnNet
ConnNet was a packet switched data network operated by the
ConnNet was the nation's first local public
National Library of Medicine, and BIX.[2] ConnNet could also be used to access other national and international packet networks, such as Tymnet and ACCUNET.[3] Large companies also connected their mainframe computers to ConnNet allowing employees access to the mainframes from home.[4]
The network is no longer in operation.
Hardware
The
bits per second (bit/s). Terminals would connect over a leased line from 1,200 to 9,600 bit/s synchronous, 300 to 2,400 bit/s asynchronous or using dial-up connections from 300 to 1,200 bit/s. The connection to Tymnet was established over an X.75 based 9,600 bit/s analog link from the ConnNet Hartford node to Tymnet's Bloomfield node.[7]
See also
- Southern New England Telephone (SNET)
References
- ^ Rucker, Chauncy N.; And Others (1985). Establishing a Computer Network for Connecticut.
- ^ Southern New England Telephone (Mar 13, 1985). SNET; Offers its Connecticut customers the first local packet switched data network in the nation. Press Release
- ^ ConnNet Online Help. Accessed Jan 07, 1991
- ^ AT&T (Jan 29, 1986). Untitled. Press Release
- ^ SNET / Packet/PC (Nov 12, 1987). PC users can link to IBM mainframes with Packet/ PC software and SNET's Connect. Press Release
- ^ Scully, Sharon (June 2, 1986). "Protocol Conversion; SNET heralds services". Network World, p 4.
- ^ Databit (May 27, 1986). DATABIT; Announces point-of-sale terminal application with Southern New England Telephone. Press Release
- ^ Strauss, Paul R. (Jan 1 1987). "Feature 1986: Information networking's quiet watershed year in review". Data Communications, p 169.