The Rise And Fall of the ARPANET (1969-1989) in One GIF

The ARPANET made its first host-to-host connection in October of 1969 and from there slowly grew into a behemoth, laying the groundwork for our modern internet. The good folks over at Smithsonian magazine recently GIF'd the growth of the ARPANET from 1969 to 1977. But why stop there? Inspired by their wonderful GIFferings we made our own, showing not only the steady rise but the inevitable fall of this now-defunct network. It's like a visualization of the pre-internet internet, if you will, from...