[ih] TCP adoption in 1984

[Vint Cerf]

I don't think it needed ethernet - it was connecting PRNET to Arpanet and
SATNET and likely used BBN 1822 interfaces on the IMP sides. Less clear to
me what the interface looked like on the packet radio side - maybe a bit
serial link?

v


On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM Carsten Bormann via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On 2026-05-03, at 14:35, Craig Partridge via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >
> > I don't recall if it supported Ethernet or simply connected two
> > ARPANET-technology networks (of which there were a few at the time).
>
> https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductee/virginia-travers/
>
> …talks about “radio and satellite”.
> 1976/1977!
>
> Grüße, Carsten
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