<i>Computerphile</i> did a video a few weeks ago, "Ethernet (50th Birthday)", that gives a nice overview of how it developed for those unfamiliar with it works:<p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkOVgkcrvbg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkOVgkcrvbg</a><p>The Computer History Museum also had a discussion with Metcalfe (and others) on it:<p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9On2L0-ObU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9On2L0-ObU</a><p>* <a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/ethernet-turns-50/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://computerhistory.org/blog/ethernet-turns-50/</a><p>* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe</a><p>Also perhaps see <i>Computerphile</i>'s "Discussing PDF@30 Years Old", which celebrated its anniversary/birthday in January:<p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bffm1Ie66gM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bffm1Ie66gM</a>
> a 10Mbps system running over copper wire will carry bits at 0.75 the speed of light in a vacuum, or at 224,844 kilometres per second. This means that 576 bits at 10Mbps will be contained in 12,951m of copper cable<p>There is something intriguing about this image of localizing information along the cable...
I find it interesting how computing is starting to mature. It used to be something that only the latest generation was privy of. Everything was state of the art and always changing. My parents didn't understand me playing video games, it was not something they could grasp. Now, my daughter will probably be there when the Internet is a 100 years old, some ancient invention from a generation long gone. Computing will feel very different from how it feels to me.