Ethernet names...

[Eric Smith]

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-EthernetRobertMetcalfeXeroxPARC71-75.html
>

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_.