10 Apr
1998
10 Apr
'98
7:48 a.m.
Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet invented in 1973? Was it
10MBps then?
Tim D. Hotze
10 Apr
10 Apr
9:56 a.m.
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13 Apr
13 Apr
6:06 a.m.
And somewhere, in my stack of stuff, I have a copy of the MultiBUS
ethernet card that was 3Com's 1st product.. . .
Jeff
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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10 Apr
10 Apr
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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Hotze wrote:
Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet
invented in 1973? Was it
10MBps then?
Tim D. Hotze
Hey Tim, there's a fantastic ethernet reference site at:
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html
10:49 a.m.
I seem to remember early Ethernet interface VAX quad cards
being around 1.5Mbps... not sure if it was think ether, vampire
tap stuff... This would have been before ethernet was turned
into a 'standard.' One guy I know has one of these hanging
from his wall along with some physical core for a PDP 11/44. I
was too young to have used to implemented this stuff, so I
can't claim to have actually _used_ such hardware.
--jmg
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 19:48:41 +0300
From: "Hotze" <photze(a)batelco.com.bh>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: You've got to be pulling my chain... (Ethernet)
Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet invented in 1973? Was it
10MBps then?
Tim D. Hotze
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