[ih] Quick Question

[Tony Li]

RFC 1296 might prove of interest.

Tony


On Sep 29, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote:

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> I'm sure it was over 200, most probably10s of thousands.
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> Look for John Quarterman ACM paper "Notable Computer Networks"
> I don't have at hand right now but John put together a great summary
> networks during the 80's and may have some numbers.
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> If my memory is not failing the paper was published in 1986.
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> I'll dig later on my old history files to see if I find something.
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> -J
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> On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:59 PM, "Andreu Veà i Baró" <landreu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have a friend who has posted me this question:
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>>                How many people was connected to a network in 1980 ?   (BITNET, CSNET –just created-)...
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>>                Any clue ?
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>>                                             &reu
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>> From: Gmail [mailto:karelman at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: jueves, 29 de septiembre de 2011 20:10
>> To: Andreu Veà i Baró
>> Subject: Pregunta,
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>> Andreu,
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>> Buenas tardes para ti;
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>> Este mensaje es para pedirte un favor.
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>> Llevo semanas escarbando la red para averiguar cuánta gente estaría conectada en 1980 (BITNET + CSNET), la cifra a la que he llegado es de unas 200 personas.
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>> Crees tu que sea una cifra cercana a la realidad?
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>> Creo que tue res el único que podría contestar esto....
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