On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 7:46 PM Eric Smith via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 11:47 Bill Degnan via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ethernet was the name given to the Alto (XEROX) Aloha Network > > > It wasn't an Aloha Network. > > There is a difference between Alohanet and the alto aloha network. > created (?) > > by Bob Metcalff (sp?), which was based/inspired by an improved version of > > the ALOHANET used by the U of Hawaii. > > > In their CACM paper, Metcalfe and Boggs credit the Aloha Network, but > Ethernet was an entirely new network design, not an incremental improvement > to Aloha Network. > Inspired by, but I did not claim them to be the same, just for the record. > > I think Ethernet was a nickname, > > > > I wasn't there, but I've never seen any source claim that it was a > nickname. > > I later looked this up to confirm. See where wizards stay up lote by Katie Halner and matthew lyon. > eventually becoming the official name of what was originally the Alto Aloha > > Network. > > > > I've never heard of an Alto being connected to an Aloha Network, nor of any > network inside Xerox being called "Aloha". > Well there you go, now you have b
