[ih] TCP adoption in 1984

[Greg Skinner]

On May 2, 2026, at 3:26 PM, Bob Purvy via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Grok's estimate is that about 900 hosts could be reached via TCP, at the
> end of 1984. RFC 984 for TCP over Ethernet was in April of that year.
> 
> Were these *entirely* university and research machines? Were any of them
> actually running TCP on Ethernet? Does anyone know"
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
> 

Some questions:

Do you mean RFC 894 or perhaps RFC 895?

What type of Ethernet (single cable, bridged LAN)?

--gregbo