The simple and ubiquitous RJ-45. Unshielded twisted-pair wire. How did we end up using these for Ethernet? We wanted to find out, and it took us on a decade-long journey.
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00:00 — Intro
00:53 — Coax
02:29 — 1983
10:37 — StarLAN
13:24 — Harder, better, faster, stronger
16:47 — The problem with UTP
26:32 — Predecessors
27:22 — Outro
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IEEE standards for local area networks. (1988). IEEE.
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Motorola Dynatrac 8000X commercial from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOvOqkKVkE