Massachsetts Public Higher Education - Connectivity to NSFNET

这项建议要求国家科学基金会的支持。 马萨诸塞州系统的基础全州连通性 公立高等教育通过新英格兰到NSFNET 学术和研究网络（NEARNET）。 该提案可以是 分为两部分。 一部分连接八个 使用路由器和TCP/IP将机构连接到NSFNET。 第二 一部分将是提供另外21个校园（大部分是两年制 机构）进行终端登录到中央 通过使用现有的 支持终端登录的X.25网络。

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.