4 Oct
2018
4 Oct
'18
10:14 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:21 PM Mark Kahrs via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I was there and it was always called "The
Ethernet". When the 10 Mb
standard came into being, it was then referred to as "The Experimental
Ethernet". If you want to be *really* pedantic, you could refer to it as
the "2.94 MHz Ethernet" --- but that would be silly.
If you'd like to see how Aloha inspired Metcalfe, read this:
http://www.historyofcomputercommunications.info/Book/6/6.7-EthernetRobertMe…
Thanks! From that, it sounds like the name "Alto Aloha" was only used
during early planning, before CSMA/CD was invented, and that nothing that
was actually built ever used that name, contrary to the account in _Where
Wizards Stay Up Late_.