ALOHA is a simple communications scheme where each transmitter sends data whenever it has a frame to send. There are two versions: Pure Aloha, where time is continuous and not synchronized, and stations transmit whenever they have data; and Slotted Aloha, where time is divided into slots and stations can only transmit at slot boundaries. Pure Aloha was introduced in 1970 at the University of Hawaii to connect users to a central computer using low-cost radio equipment. The maximum throughput of Pure Aloha is 18% of the total transmitted frames.