June 2022
Ethernet's Emergence from Xerox PARC -- April 13, 2022 IEEE Webinar
June 06, 2022
Ethernet's Emergence from Xerox PARC
| Time | Speaker/Panelist(s) | Description |
| 0:00:00 | Tom Coughlin | Introduction to the IEEE Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Technology History Committee |
| 0:01:44 | Geoff Thompson | Introduction of panelists; Agenda |
| 0:18:21 | Bob Metcalfe | Xerox PARC Ethernet: Invention, key technologies and contributions |
| 0:27:05 | David Liddle | Initial Xerox Ethernet products; Managing expectations for Ethernet in corporate Xerox |
| 0:45:32 | Gordon Bell | DEC VAX networking strategy; Ethernet as "unifying key to 5th generation" computers |
| 1:05:41 | Bob Metcalfe | Consulting for DEC's interconnect strategy task force; Petitioning Xerox to partner on Ethernet |
| 1:08:47 | David Liddle | Managing Ethernet's emergence from Xerox; Insisting on compliance to Ethernet license |
| 1:12:08 | Bob Metcalfe | Introducing Intel to Ethernet; catalyst to start 3Com |
| 1:13:57 | Liddle, Shoch, Metcalfe | Interactions with IBM over Ethernet |
| 1:19:10 | David Liddle | Decision making culture at IBM & Xerox; Xerox relinquishes trademark protection for Ethernet |
| 1:22:56 | Dave Redell, Rich Seifert | Collaboration between DEC, Intel, and Xerox (DIX) on the 10-mbps Ethernet "Blue Book" spec |
| 1:31:37 | Rich Seifert | Crafting a robust physical layer spec; New DC-voltage-level detection of collisions on cable |
| 1:37:21 | Roy Ogus | Xerox SDD 3 and 10-mbps Ethernet/XeroxWire adapters for D0 and Dandelion workstations |
| 1:43:04 | Robert Garner | Show & tell: Tat Lam's Ethernet transceiver, Alto & Dandelion/Star workstations & Ethernet adapters |
| 1:59:47 | Bob Belleville | From minis to Macintosh's AppleTalk; Intel 8086 PC prototype in Xerox SDD (Cub) |
| 2:06:27 | Thompson, Tom Gardner | Q&A session: |
| 2:06:41 | Rich Seifert | Did DEC & Intel prototype 10-mbps Ethernet adapters during DIX spec timeframe? |
| 2:10:10 | Hal Murray, Shoch, Siefert | Xerox's PUP & XNS internet protocols vs. TCP/IP; Xerox's Ethernet infrastructure; 48b addresses |
| 2:22:14 | Geoff Thompson | Was Ethernet's progression from a few megabits/sec to today's gigabits/sec anticipated? |
| 2:24:19 | Thompson & Seifert | Why aren't Ethernet/Metcalfe & Boggs likened to Telegraph/Morse and Telephone/Bell? |
| 2:25:56 | Geoff Thompson | Thanks and acknowledgments! |