You've got to be pulling my chain... (Ethernet)

From: Jeff Kaneko <Jeff.Kaneko_at_ifrsys.com>
Date: Mon Apr 13 10:06:27 1998

And somewhere, in my stack of stuff, I have a copy of the MultiBUS
ethernet card that was 3Com's 1st product.. . .

Jeff

> On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Sorry, but this seems crazy to me. Was Ethernet invented in 1973? Was it
> > > 10MBps then?
> >
> > I somehow doubt it!
>
> >From the tagline of Bob Metcalfe's regular column in Infoworld...
> (this should explain all...)
>
> "Technology pundit Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com
> in 1979, and today he specializes in the Internet..."
>
> ...and just in case that does not work for you, I have a copy of the
> original joint specification document buried in the archives somewhere.
> B^}
>
> -jim
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