SA Internet history - links
The photo used in the masthead of this site shows Randy Bush's desk in Portland, Oregon circa 1990. Clearly visible propped up against a computer is a Rhodes shield, marking the other end of the link to Rhodes. The original is available here.
Rhodos - Volume 1 number 2 - 1989/04/23
Notification about the first email service at Rhodes University.
Telkom application for international dataline between Rhodes University in Grahamstown, and the University of Fort Hare, in Alice - September 1990.
Something even the legendary Mrs Dorfling couldn't sort out. Note the warning from Telkom: "I would like to draw your attention to paragraph two of the Agreement which stipulates that the proposed circuit may only be used by a client for transmitting and receiving of traffic or messages exclusively in connection with his own business."
Telkom application for analogue line to Portland - November 1991
The line used for the modem link to Randy Bush's home in Portland, Oregon. It was easier to get this line than it was to connect to Fort Hare.
Telkom application for diginet line to Sprint in Washington DC - October 1992
The first 64Kbps link to the Internet - this connected up to a donated Cisco.
Connectivity Providers Database - South Africa
Network Startup Resource Centre
Academic and Research Networking in Southern Africa--The UNINET-ZA Experience
V. A. Shaw, UNINET/FRD, South Africa - Proceedings of INET 92, Kobe, Japan, Internet Society, Reston, VA, 1992
From FidoNet to Internet: The evolution of a national network
François Jacot-Guillarmod, Rhodes University, South Africa - Proceedings of INET 92, Kobe, Japan, Internet Society, Reston, VA, 1992
Low Cost IP Networking
Alan P. Barrett, University of Natal, South Africa - Proceedings of INET 92, Kobe, Japan, Internet Society, Reston, VA, 1992
Negotiating the Net in Africa: The Politics of Internet Diffusion
Ernest J. Wilson III and Kelvin R. Wong, editors
Chapter 4 - South Africa: The Internet Wars - Charles Lewis
Hobbe's Internet Timeline
Robert H'obbes' Zakon
Early history of the Internet in South Africa
History of the Internet in South Africa - How it began
Mike Lawrie
Wayback Machine version of original 1997 document on apies.frd.ac.za
Mike Lawrie - Mr Internet ZA - IT Web Brainstorm, Sept 2001
Rhodes Honorary Degree - Citation for Randy Bush 2002/04/05
Rhodes Honorary Degree - Graduation Address by Randy Bush 2002/04/05
Mike Lawrie: SA’s Internet pioneer
TechCentral article, 2011/07/22
Faster every time, bit by bit
Star, Supplement A, Page 3, 2011/10/25
