alt Hacker NewsSorry; it's more likely they were named in tribute to the Chappe telegraph towers of France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappe_telegraph
The stations were more elaborate and there is even a recorded instance of a secret signal being passed on illicitly:
https://blog.franceinfo.fr/deja-vu/2017/10/10/le-piratage-du...
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jihadjihad • yesterday at 1:47 AM
It makes for an interesting subplot in the (unabridged) version of The Count of Monte Cristo, which is mentioned in the Wikipedia article above.
robocat • yesterday at 4:36 AM
Sorry, it's more likely he named them after the noise of navy signal lamps that use shutters: here's a video with the sound
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A good related book written by Gerard Holzmann and Bjorn Pehrson:
The early history of data networks https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofda0000holz