Title
ALOHA Panel oral historyCatalog Number
102802998Type
Moving imageDescription
The ALOHA System project, also known as Alohanet, ran from late-1968 to the mid-1970s in the Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences departments at the University of Hawaii. Initiated by professors Norm Abramson, Frank Kuo and Wes Peterson, the research project resulted in an innovative packet radio network that connected user terminals and an Arpanet satellite to the department’s timeshared mainframe computer. Its random-access, broadcast channel used by the terminals was a paradigm shift away from the modus operandi of sharing a communication channel by time or frequency division multiplexing. In this on-line session, Robert Garner & Marc Weber interview Frank Kuo and the four main Alohanet hardware and software designers, covering their responsibilities, design details, challenges, and associated recollections and anecdotes.Frank Kuo, Project Manager and Co-Principal Investigator
Richard Binder, Protocols and Software
David Wax, Radio and Modem Hardware
Alan Okinaka, Digital Hardware and Interfaces
Chris Harrison, Digital Hardware and Software
Date
2023-02-21Participants
| Binder, Richard, Interviewee |
| Garner, Robert, Interviewer |
| Harrison, Chris, Interviewee |
| Kuo, Frank, Interviewee |
| Okinaka, Alan, Interviewee |
| Wax, David, Interviewee |
| Weber, Marc, Interviewer |
Publisher
Computer History MuseumDuration
03:04:46Format
MOVCategory
Oral historyCollection Title
CHM Oral History CollectionCredit
Computer History MuseumLot Number
2023.0030Related Records
| 102802997 | ALOHAnet Panel oral history |