Early Internet reminiscing (was Re: A new forum is up! Q: what means nntp)

[Peter Hansen]

Laura Creighton wrote:
> 
> Peter Hansen doubts he was reading netnews in 1980.  Peter Hansen is in
> Toronto, if I remember correctly, and so his doubts are probably wrong.
> In 1980 Henry Spencer and I at utzoo made usenet international with
> the 23rd or 28th usenet site (the lpr paper is too faded to tell now.)
> We spread usenet to Canadian universities and companies all over
> Canada.  

Very cool!  I was actually at University of Guelph, with 
a couple of friends including Simon Gibson, getting in 
the way of university students and the sys admins (Barry
Stahlbaum might remember me if he's still around :-) and
the name Henry Spencer is synonymous in my mind with a lot
of things relating to the early net.  I'm afraid I have to
say I don't recognize the name Laura Creighton, but let's
just blame my terrible memory. :)  I'm happy to meet one of 
the dedicated souls who were responsible for my early 
introduction to computers.  Thank you, Laura.

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Peter Hansen, P.Eng.
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