Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet.Submitted by TriggerTough t3_10kdpgl in newjersey
Sudovoodoo80 t1_j5qzyha wrote
You fool! You've doomed us all!!!!
lol Just kiddding, that's really cool.
TriggerTough OP t1_j5r2157 wrote
Thank you.
On a side note, for the first 3 years no one wanted to buy it. They thought it was a joke. My dad was so frustrated every day at dinner time.
Then the World Wide Web came out about 1993 and it was more "user friendly" so companies started buying it up.
Look where we are at now! Crazy IMO.
SursumCorda-NJ t1_j5r4t64 wrote
So, your dad created the first router?
TriggerTough OP t1_j5sneds wrote
No. Back in the late 1980s and 1990s he sold the products that made the internet possible.
playdohplaydate t1_j5s6abx wrote
Wait your dad is Al Gore inventor of the internet?
TriggerTough OP t1_j5so5yt wrote
I have no words.
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