On 3/28/22 12:09 PM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
OK, it was wireless, but that brings up another surprise, that wireless
ethernet came before wired :-)
As others have indicated, I think not. ;-)
I recently watched the following videos of Bob Metcalfe:
- Link - Ethernet Briefings in
> On Mar 28, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> That was the ALOHA network, which inspired Ethernet but was not Ethernet.
The differences are quite crucial. ALOHA is a broadcast radio packet network,
which doesn't have collision detect and probably not carrier
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@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, b
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 ori
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