--- title: Worth Watching: Ethernet Thick Yellow Cable «... description: A short blog post sharing a Computerphile video about the history of Ethernet, made on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The University of Nottingham... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-watching-ethernet-thick-yellow-cable-ipspace-net-blog-acjulqyte twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Watching: Ethernet Thick Yellow Cable « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A short blog post sharing a Computerphile video about the history of Ethernet, made on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The University of Nottingham... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-watching-ethernet-thick-yellow-cable-ipspace-net-blog-acjulqyte og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/acJulqyTE.png og:image:alt: Worth Watching: Ethernet Thick Yellow Cable « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Watching: Ethernet Thick Yellow Cable « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short blog post sharing a Computerphile video about the history of Ethernet, made on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The University of Nottingham showcased museum pieces of the original thick coaxial 'yellow cable' Ethernet hardware. The video runs about 8 minutes and 45 seconds and is aimed at those unfamiliar with early Ethernet technology. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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