Cum a inceput Internetul in Romania

Inainte de a patrunde internetul in Romania a existat FidoNet. O retea de BBS-uri formata din noduri si puncte. Comunicatia intre noduri se facea prin dialup ( cu modemuri de 2400 sau 9600 ) intr-o structura de tip mesh. Intre 1991 – 1994 Fidonet-ul a fost principalul motor de transmitere a mailurilor in Romania si a impulsionat foarte mult vinzarea de echipamente de comunicatie ( in special modemuri ).

In septembrie 1995 (spre finalul perioadei in care am activat in Fido) lista nodurilor arata asa:

Zone,2,Europe,Belgium,Ward_Dossche,32-3-448-0880,9600,CM,XX,ZYX,U,K12
Region,53,Romania_Net,Romania,Catalin_Beju,40-1-772-1716,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Host,530,Bucuresti_Net,Bucuresti_Romania,Codrut_Popescu,40-1-674-3563,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,1,Hacker's_World,Bucuresti,Catalin_Beju,40-1-772-1716,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Down,2,Xenios,Bucuresti,George_Giannopulos,40-1-771-4918,9600,H16,V32B,XA
,3,Enterprise_PLUS,Bucuresti,Cristea_Sandulescu,40-1-789-4994,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Down,4,Pink,Bucuresti,Marius_Potcovaru,40-1-637-3547,9600,V32B,V42B,XA,CM
,5,Contact,Bucuresti,Codrut_Popescu,40-1-674-3563,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,6,MagicK_BBS,Bucuresti,Mihai_Moldovanu,40-1-666-0630,9600,V32B,V42B
,7,Bloody_Baud_Site,Bucuresti,Mihai_Banciu,40-1-781-6473,9600,XA,V32B,V42B,CM,MO,UNEC
,8,SNAPPY:_ThE_pOiNtLaNd,Bucuresti,Dani_Iliescu,40-1-643-1095,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,9,YSNet,Bucuresti,Gabriel_Ciobotaru,40-1-629-5424,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,12,Prodigy_BBS,Bucuresti,Sabin_Piso,40-1-633-9757,9600,XA,V32B,V42B
,13,IMPERIUM:_Digital_Reich,Bucuresti,Catalin_T._Bradu,40-1-636-6580,9600,XA,V32T,V42B,CM
,16,GECAD_BBS,Bucuresti,Valentin_Stefanescu,40-1-647-6307,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Down,17,PORTAL,Bucuresti,Dumitru_Danilevici,40-1-653-3229,9600,V32B,V42B,MO
,18,White_Bell_BBS,Bucuresti,Stefan_Chirilean,40-1-675-0351,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Pvt,19,The_Farpoint_Place_-_InterNet/FidoNet_Gateway,Bucuresti,Tudor_Bosman,-Unpublished-,9600,V32B,V42B,MO
,20,MASoft_BBS,Bucuresti,Matei_Dobrescu,40-1-682-3197,9600,XA,V32B,MNP
,21,PowerMan_BBS,Bucuresti,Robert_Angelescu,40-1-760-7247,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,22,Doomed_World,Bucuresti,Alex_Sovu,40-1-610-5703,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,25,Metal_BBS,Bucuresti,Mateias_Calin,40-1-642-4317,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,26,Darkness_World,Bucuresti,Adrian_Suditu,40-1-636-4895,2400,XA
,27,Absolute_Curtains,Bucuresti,Mihnea_Stoenescu,40-1-630-0658,2400,V42B,MO,HST
,28,Ziua_BBS,Bucuresti,Adrian_Stere,40-1-312-4086,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,29,Holidays_BBS,Bucuresti,Mihai_Rigani,40-1-659-6420,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,30,Wild_Coyote's_BBS,Bucuresti,Radu_Vilceanu,40-1-653-3191,2400,XA
,31,A_BBS,Bucuresti,Alex_Balint,40-1-610-6120,2400,MNP
Hub,400,Rebel's_SIGN_BBS_line_1,Bucuresti,Bogdan_Augustin_Dobran,40-1-410-3044,9600,V32B,V42B,XA,CM,FAX
,401,Rebel's_SIGN_BBS_line_2,Bucuresti,Bogdan_Augustin_Dobran,40-1-410-3077,2400,XA
,402,Rebel's_World_BBS,Bucuresti,Cristian_Bocu,40-1-725-0884,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,403,Rising_Force_BBS,Bucuresti,Cristian_Mircea_Bustea,40-1-781-2532,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,404,Rebel's_Moon_BBS,Bucuresti,Daniel_Harth,40-1-777-5745,9600,V42B,V32B,XA,CM
,406,Rebel's_Storm_BBS,Bucuresti,Dan_Trutia,40-1-725-3171,2400,MNP,XA
,407,Rebel's_Zone_BBS,Bucuresti,Silviu_Stroie,40-1-653-6043,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
Host,531,Romanian_Net,Cluj-Napoca,Gabriel_Juncu,40-6-419-5239,9600,V42B,V32B,XX,CM
,1,CompAs_BBS,Cluj-Napoca,Gabriel_Juncu,40-6-419-5239,9600,V42B,V32B,XX,CM
,2,Astra_II_BBS,Cluj-Napoca,Theodoros_Bobotas,40-6-413-2483,9600,V32B,V42B,XA,CM
,3,Coral,Constanta,Dan_Balean,40-4-163-8822,9600,V32B,V32T,VFC,V34,HST,V42B,XA,CM
,4,Joy_Comm_Plus_BBS,Arad,Cosmin_Ioiart,40-5-728-0290,9600,V32B,V42B,XA
,5,ATOMIC_BBS,Cernavoda,Alex_Mihaila,40-4-123-7868,9600,V32B,V42B,XA

Puncte erau multe. Nu o sa postez lista aici. Daca e cineva pasionat de istoria Fido sa imi trimita un mail si ii dau lista cu punctele. Reteaua Fidonet era condusa de entuziasti. Si functiona pe baza de munca de pionierat. In perioada Fidonet s-au dezvotat protocoale de transfer de fisiere mai bune ( xmodem , ymodem , zmodem ). Pentru nivel academic era nevoie de o retea mai stabila si de o comunicare permanenta.

Astfel in decembrie 1992 primul gateway catre EARN a fost functional. Primii pasi pentru introducerea internetului in Politehnica au fost facuti de Paul Cristea, Trandafir Moisa, Nicolae Popovici. Primul link de 9600 bps a fost cu Viena (AEARN node) . In scurt timp urmatoare universitati au fost conectate: Institutul de la Magurele (ROIFA) , Universitatea din timisoara ( ROUTT ) , Institutul de matematica ( ROIMAR) si CEPES ( divizie UNESCO ). Toate nodurile de comunicatie erau realizate cu masini DEC ( VAX/VMS , DECrouters , DEC Terminals). Transferul de fisiere se facea cu kermit.

Ulterior odata cu aparitia statiilor de lucru SUN si SGI, odata cu aparitia celebrului “cablu galben” si a tranceiverelor vampir si introducerea adreselor ip in poli ( 141.85.42.0/24 era dsp.pub.ro ) a inceput efectiv revolutia internet in Romania. Primul router in dsp era un 386 cu 2 placi de retea ce avea DOS pe el si softul de router a fost dezvoltat inhouse si a fost dat cu surse complete.

Am tot vorbit de dsp. Dsp este laboratorul de Digital Signal Processing din Electrotehnica. De ce il tot amintesc ? Pentru ca am fost sysadmin acolo pina cind am terminat facultatea. Tot acolo am instalat primul linux din viata mea. Si tot acolo am vazut diferentele intre un SUN si un linux. La vremea respectiva SUN-ul era mult in fata linuxului.

In 1995 deja internetul intrase in uz curent dupa cum se poate vedea din mailul de mai jos:

From gore@mpoli.fi Tue Jan 10 05:45 EET 1995
From: Samuli Syv{huoko <gore@mpoli.fi>
Subject: Re: Run Time Team   important informations
To: mihaim@paul.dsp.pub.ro (Mihai Moldovanu)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 03:16:08 +0200 (EET)
> If you do not intend to release new versions of Scream Tracker why don't FC re
lease
> fully documented source of SCRM 3.0 ?
The new version of Scream Tracker was released 10 days ago at The Party 1994
in Denmark. It's version 3.2. (SCRMT320.ZIP)

Asa a inceput totul.