From bf40ab321ef63cdbc49ecd93a3f4dd51eb786bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Brinkhoff Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:08:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Arpanet goes down tomorrow. Dated 1989-03-30. --- doc/cent/doom.msg | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100755 doc/cent/doom.msg diff --git a/doc/cent/doom.msg b/doc/cent/doom.msg new file mode 100755 index 00000000..e0957627 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/cent/doom.msg @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Possible impending disaster: As some of you may know, the US Govt in its +finite wisdom has decided to stop supporting the Arpanet. MIT's IMPs (the +packet-switching machines which heretofore have served as our connection to +the Arpanet) are expected to be turned off tomorrow. Some efforts have +been made to replace the cross-country Arpanet functions by tying various +local-area nets together; such connections do exist for MIT. However, we +can't guarantee how well this will work initially; we expect the new +connection system to require some time to undergo shakedown, and mail +service will probably go haywire during this period. Please bear with us +in our time of trial. + +Pandora Berman +for Postmaster@MC \ No newline at end of file