Webinar: Ethernet's Emergence from Xerox PARC: 1975-1980

Joseph S. Barrera III joe at barrera.org
Mon Mar 28 13:12:52 CDT 2022


That was the ALOHA network, which inspired Ethernet but was not Ethernet.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 11:09 AM Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> For years I taught my students that the Ethernet was invented at the
> University of Hawaii in 1971!
>
> OK, it was wireless, but that brings up another surprise, that wireless
> ethernet came before wired :-)
>
> cheers,
>
> Nigel
>
>
> Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
> Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
> Skype:  TILBURY2591
>
>
> On 2022-03-28 14:02, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
> > Ethernet invented in 1973-74 at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, CA, evolved over
> > many years.
> >
> >
> >
> > This April 13th Webinar will trace the history and development of
> Ethernet
> > as a 10 Mb/s product up through the release of the DIX (DEC-Intel-Xerox)
> > spec in 1980. This was the starting point for the ongoing IEEE 802.3
> > Standard activities. Speakers include Gorden Bell, Dave Liddle, Bob
> Metcalfe
> > and seven other pioneers who were there for the transition.
> >
> >
> >
> > More detail at<https://r6.ieee.org/sv-techhistory/?p=1030>  SVTHC
> website
> >
> >
> >
> > Register
> > <
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ethernets-emergence-from-xerox-parc-1975-1980-
> > tickets-301085664327>
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
>


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