10 Apr
1998
10 Apr
'98
11:24 p.m.
That's exactly where I got it from. Now, I was just thinking that in 1973,
that would be a huge space, the size (or larger) than hard drives! So you
could transmit your entire hard drive in a second, barring server stuff and
hard drive speed. It sounded strange to me. ;-)
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: James Willing <jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, April 11, 1998 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: You've got to be pulling my chain... (Ethernet)
On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet invented in 1973? Was
it
10MBps then?
I somehow doubt it! From the tagline of Bob Metcalfe's regular
column in Infoworld...
(this should explain all...)
"Technology pundit Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com
in 1979, and today he specializes in the Internet..."
...and just in case that does not work for you, I have a copy of the
original joint specification document buried in the archives somewhere.
B^}
-jim
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