[ih] TCP adoption in 1984

[Bob Purvy]

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc894.txt


On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM Greg Skinner <gregskinner0 at icloud.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>