These are some fo the email volleys that would be worth alot on e-bay today. I now can understand the motivation around KCA award to Ochuodho. I am sure Shem can share the very first packets from Kenyan soil. Rev From: Shem Ochuodho <shem@ARCC.OR.KE<mailto:shem@ARCC.OR.KE>> To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 21:52:18 -0500 Subject: Re: KENYA finally on FULL Internet Just to inform that after several years of "agony", Kenya has finally joined Cyberspace with a full Internet access through a dedicated leased line to Oregon from the African Regional Centre for Computing (ARCC, Nairobi). This has been possible through the kind support of the Overseas Development Agency (ODA -UK). The National Science Foundation (NSF US) supported Randy's trip for the engineering. Special thanks to: John Sutherland, Peter Hoare (ODA), Steve Goldstein (NSF), Lenore Blum (ICSI Berkeley), and Randy Bush (NSRC). Shem, ARCC, Nairobi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 12:16:28 -0400 From: Steve Goldstein <sgoldste@NSF.GOV<mailto:sgoldste@NSF.GOV>> Subject: Re: KENYA finally on FULL Internet X-To: Shem Ochuodho < shem@arcc.or.ke<mailto:shem@arcc.or.ke>> X-cc: africana-l@warthog.cc.wm.edu<mailto:africana-l@warthog.cc.wm.edu>, wg94-l@uku.fi<mailto:wg94-l@uku.fi>, afrik-it@ir.ucd.ie<mailto:afrik-it@ir.ucd.ie> , randy@psg.com<mailto:randy@psg.com>, sgoldstein@nsf.gov<mailto:sgoldstein@nsf.gov>, lblum@icsi.berkeley.edu<mailto:lblum@icsi.berkeley.edu>, sghuter@nsrc.org <mailto:sghuter@nsrc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>> At 2:52 AM 1/4/80, Shem Ochuodho wrote:

Just to inform that after several years of "agony", Kenya has finally joined Cyberspace with a full Internet access through a dedicated leased line to Oregon from the African Regional Centre for Computing (ARCC, Nairobi).

Congratulations, and WELCOME, Shem! This was a surprise to us all, but a very pleasant one. We had expected that Randy would be visiting Kenya to help set up a UUCP-net. --Steve ___________________________________ Steve Goldstein, National Science Foundation +1(703)306-1949 Ext. 1119 "Let's not procrastinate until tomorrow!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:47:00 PDT From: Randy Bush <randy@PSG.COM<mailto:randy@PSG.COM>> Subject: Re: KENYA finally on FULL Internet X-To: Steve Goldstein < sgoldste@nsf.gov<mailto:sgoldste@nsf.gov>> X-cc: Shem Ochuodho <shem@arcc.or.ke<mailto:shem@arcc.or.ke>>, africana-l@warthog.cc.wm.edu<mailto:africana-l@warthog.cc.wm.edu>, wg94-l@uku.fi<mailto:wg94-l@uku.fi>, afrik-it@ir.ucd.ie<mailto:afrik-it@ir.ucd.ie>, lblum@icsi.berkeley.edu<mailto:lblum@icsi.berkeley.edu>, sghuter@nsrc.org<mailto:sghuter@nsrc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L < DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>>

We had expected that Randy would be visiting Kenya to help set up a UUCP-net.

Damn! Blew it again. The whole month has been like that. Well, we still have a day and a half to fix it. But I had hoped to get a bit of sleep. Ah well. Thanks for catching the bug. BTW, thanks for saying 'help'. The folk here are a sharp, pretty organized, and hard working lot, and had layed years of groundwork. While a few days of a UNIX and router geek can help accellerate the process, IMIHO parachute jobs and heros don't stick. There are a lot of wasted silver bullets in these countries. And, BTW, while am doing these jobs, I have amazing support from folk on the net who bail me out of panics by making fixes ftpable, advising on what are to me (a BSDoid) strange flavors of almost-UNIX and <shudder> DOS, even sending the occasional bits of hardware in diplomatic pouches. We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before. randy