I can't remember this either. utzoo appears on the 1/1/82 map along with
watmath and both look well established, but they aren't on the 6/81 map.
By the way, the 7/82 map does indeed show the backbone (with heavy lines),
I just missed it before.
It's certainly possible that Spaf and I had different ideas about what was
going on with the backbone. Perhaps he felt he was creating something
else from scratch. I remember telling people who asked what the
responsibilities of a backbone host were, and I gave them the usual set
about 2-3 links to other backbone sites (if possible), responsive SA,
latest software, able to fund the link, etc. Then I remember Spaf adding
people to the list who met these criterea, and feeling surprised. Perhaps
he considered it a separate backbone, but I thought it was the same one.
In any case, I didn't see any problem and I considered the backbone to
be in his hands from then on.
Mark
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