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In article <1992Oct5.154101.3097@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>In <1992Oct01.020738.5452@r-node.gts.org> marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
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>>In article <1992Sep30.045453.8563@wolves.uucp> news@wolves.durham.nc.us writes:
>>	Wait a minute!!  Usenet is much more then just the newsgroups!!
>>You are right, it is difficult to fully discuss the ins and outs of
>>Usenet, but it is not *JUST* newsgroups!!  IMHO, Usenet was the
>>predecessor for Internet, the main difference between the two
>>is the fact that the Internet involves *DIRECT* system connections
>>as opposed to going through a modem.  
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>I think your history may be just a bit off.  I believe that ARPAnet
>was the predecessor for Internet.  Usenet is just one of several nets
>which are included when one uses the phrase 'Internet'.

Arpanet and Usenet grew up on completely seperate lines; Arpanet was
packet switching, all systems attached by leased line, what are 
called "realtime" connections.  Usenet started as UUCP, (Unix to Unix
Copy Program) to copy files between two unix systems.  UUCP developed 
the ability to use dialup lines (i.e. modems), whereas the IP connections
that were the Apranet and then the Internet only recently got the 
ability to operate over dialup lines (SLIP, and then PPP).  

As it is now, Usenet is a dialup, store and forward network topology,
whereas Internet networks are a realtime (sometimes via dialup) 
network topology.  It is more complex than that if you look under
the covers, but there is no time or space here for all of the guts
and gore...

Doug

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