Ethernet's Emergence from Xerox PARC -- April 13, 2022 IEEE Webinar

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!