On Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 11:35 Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Does anybody know names / terms that correspond to the original 3 Mbps > Ethernet? > > I.e. 10 Mbps Ethernet is also knows as Ethernet II (2) and D.I.X. (for > Digital, Intel, and Xerox). > > Was the first 3 Mbps Ethernet simply called "Ethernet" with an implicit > "I" (1)? Was there a name to differentiate it from D.I.X.? > 3 Mbps Ethernet is _NOT_ Ethernet I. Both Ethernet I and II were 10 Mbps DIX standards, with II having only minor differences from I. 3 Mbps was sometimes referred to as experimental Ethernet, but AFAIK the only official name was "Ethernet". The best way to refer to it is probably "3 Mbps Ethernet".
