On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:21 PM Mark Kahrs via cctalk <[email protected]> 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_.
