Massachsetts Public Higher Education - Connectivity to NSFNET

该提案要求美国国家科学基金会通过新英格兰学术与研究网络（NEARNET）为马萨诸塞州公立高等教育系统与美国国家科学基金网建立全州连接提供支持。该提案可分为两部分。其中一部分将使用路由器和TCP/IP将八所机构连接到NSFNET。第二部分是为另外21个校园（主要是两年制的机构）提供终端登录到中央计算机的能力，中央计算机可以利用支持终端登录的现有X.25网络访问internet。

This proposal requested support form the National Science Foundation statewide connectivity for the Massachusetts system of public higher education to the NSFNET through the New England Academic and Research Network (NEARNET). The proposal can be divided into two parts. One part would connect eight institutions to the NSFNET using routers and TCP/IP. The second part would be to provide another 21 campuses (mostly two year institutions) the ability to do a terminal logon to a central computer that had access to the internet by utilizing an existing X.25 network that supports terminal logons.