A DIGITAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR COMPUTERS GIVING RAPID RESPONSE AT REMOTE TERMINALS
Oct. 1967 [ Davies06.pdf ]
Continued ...
Initially the work concentrated on these topics (ref. [3] Para. 1, Pg. 128) :
- the development of Davies' novel ideas for the technology of computer networks
- the design and construction of a local packet switched network on the NPL site to put these ideas to practical test.
Davies wrote in his historical note (ref. [1], Para. 5, Pg. 4),
“When I became Superintendent of the Division in August 1966 I was able to initiate a programme of research. We decided on a local network in order to test out our ideas for an interface computer ...”
