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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Cone dedicated his early life to the study of photography, in particular at the [[Fred Archer School of Photography]] under [[Fred R. Archer]], who was a partner of [[Ansel Adams]].<ref name="alum">{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105180423/http://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/aug-11.pdf|title=In Memoriam: Virgil Donald "Don" Cone|work=SRI Alumni Association Newsletter|publisher=[[SRI International]]|pages=11–12|date=August 2011|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> |
Cone dedicated his early life to the study of photography, in particular at the [[Fred Archer School of Photography]] under [[Fred R. Archer]], who was a partner of [[Ansel Adams]].<ref name="alum">{{cite news|url=http://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/aug-11.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105180423/http://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/aug-11.pdf |archive-date=2019-01-05 |title=In Memoriam: Virgil Donald "Don" Cone|work=SRI Alumni Association Newsletter|publisher=[[SRI International]]|pages=11–12|date=August 2011|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> |
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Cone served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] for about a year near the end of [[World War II]]; he broke his wrist during basic training and was hospitalized in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], and was reassigned as a medical photographer in that hospital.<ref name="alum"/> After he was discharged, he worked for a commercial photographer in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="alum"/> |
Cone served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] for about a year near the end of [[World War II]]; he broke his wrist during basic training and was hospitalized in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], and was reassigned as a medical photographer in that hospital.<ref name="alum"/> After he was discharged, he worked for a commercial photographer in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref name="alum"/> |
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==Early career== |
==Early career== |
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Around 1950, Don joined the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] in Pasadena, California as a technician in order to better financially support his family.<ref name="alum"/> In |
Around 1950, Don joined the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] in Pasadena, California as a technician in order to better financially support his family.<ref name="alum"/> In 1954, Don moved to Palo Alto to work as a technician for [[SRI International|SRI]]; he initially worked in the [[Poulter Laboratory]] performing high-speed photography to support research into the use of explosives in oil exploration.<ref name="alum"/> He moved to the Communication and Propagation Lab, which split in 1961; he stayed in communications. In that lab, he did a significant amount of international travelling to build equipment and perform antenna measurements.<ref name="alum"/> |
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==Later career== |
==Later career== |
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As part of the [[DARPA]] project to connect the disparate computers at its various contractors, there was a push to build a mobile [[packet radio]] laboratory to house a node of the early network, partly to simulate the needs of in-the-field military to connect to the network, and partly to test [[internetworking]] - connecting different communications protocols via the [[internet protocol suite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/CORE-3-1-SRI-TCP-IP.html|title=The SRI Van and Computer Internetworking|publisher=Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> |
As part of the [[DARPA]] project to connect the disparate computers at its various contractors, there was a push to build a mobile [[packet radio]] laboratory to house a node of the early network, partly to simulate the needs of in-the-field military to connect to the network, and partly to test [[internetworking]] - connecting different communications protocols via the [[internet protocol suite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/CORE-3-1-SRI-TCP-IP.html|title=The SRI Van and Computer Internetworking|publisher=Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> |
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The [[Packet Radio Van]], designed by Don Cone, |
The [[Packet Radio Van]], designed by Don Cone, was a large GMC van and contained all of the equipment needed to be an ARPANET node via packet radio. Other equipment included a shielded generator, a DEC [[LSI-11]] 16-bit minicomputer, flexible equipment racks, and air conditioning.<ref name="corner">{{cite news|url=https://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/dec-10.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105182341/https://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/dec-10.pdf |archive-date=2019-01-05 |title=History Corner: SRI "Internet Van" to Be on Display in Computer History Museum|page=6|work=SRI Alumni Association Newsletter|publisher=[[SRI International]]|date=December 2010|first=Don|last=Nielson|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> Due to his contributions around that time, Cone was promoted to Research Engineer.<ref name="alum"/> |
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Cone retired from SRI in the early 1990s, and focused on his love of photography; he embraced digital photography when that technology developed.<ref name="alum"/> He died of pancreatic and lung cancer on April 7, 2011.<ref name="alum"/> |
Cone retired from SRI in the early 1990s, and focused on his love of photography; he embraced digital photography when that technology developed.<ref name="alum"/> He died of pancreatic and lung cancer on April 7, 2011.<ref name="alum"/> |
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Latest revision as of 18:43, 18 February 2024
Don Cone | |
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| Born | October 17, 1926 |
| Died | April 7, 2011 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Development of the Packet Radio Van |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | SRI International |
Virgil Donald Cone (October 17, 1926 – April 7, 2011) was a technician and later researcher at SRI International who developed and ran the Packet Radio Van that was used in the first ARPANET internetworked transmission.
Early life and education
[edit]Cone dedicated his early life to the study of photography, in particular at the Fred Archer School of Photography under Fred R. Archer, who was a partner of Ansel Adams.[1]
Cone served in the United States Army Air Corps for about a year near the end of World War II; he broke his wrist during basic training and was hospitalized in Coral Gables, Florida, and was reassigned as a medical photographer in that hospital.[1] After he was discharged, he worked for a commercial photographer in Pasadena, California.[1]
Early career
[edit]Around 1950, Don joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California as a technician in order to better financially support his family.[1] In 1954, Don moved to Palo Alto to work as a technician for SRI; he initially worked in the Poulter Laboratory performing high-speed photography to support research into the use of explosives in oil exploration.[1] He moved to the Communication and Propagation Lab, which split in 1961; he stayed in communications. In that lab, he did a significant amount of international travelling to build equipment and perform antenna measurements.[1]
Later career
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As part of the DARPA project to connect the disparate computers at its various contractors, there was a push to build a mobile packet radio laboratory to house a node of the early network, partly to simulate the needs of in-the-field military to connect to the network, and partly to test internetworking - connecting different communications protocols via the internet protocol suite.[2]
The Packet Radio Van, designed by Don Cone, was a large GMC van and contained all of the equipment needed to be an ARPANET node via packet radio. Other equipment included a shielded generator, a DEC LSI-11 16-bit minicomputer, flexible equipment racks, and air conditioning.[3] Due to his contributions around that time, Cone was promoted to Research Engineer.[1]
Cone retired from SRI in the early 1990s, and focused on his love of photography; he embraced digital photography when that technology developed.[1] He died of pancreatic and lung cancer on April 7, 2011.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "In Memoriam: Virgil Donald "Don" Cone" (PDF). SRI Alumni Association Newsletter. SRI International. August 2011. pp. 11–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ "The SRI Van and Computer Internetworking". Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ Nielson, Don (December 2010). "History Corner: SRI "Internet Van" to Be on Display in Computer History Museum" (PDF). SRI Alumni Association Newsletter. SRI International. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-20.