The 32-bit Vax 11/780 was introduced in 1977 and IEEE 802.3 was not finalized until 1983. So they could/should have done something about it I think. Come to

The 32-bit Vax 11/780 was introduced in 1977 and IEEE 802.3 was not finalized until 1983. So they could/should have done something about it I think. Come to think of it, the Vax was little endian (like Intel).