[144844] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bonomi)
Tue Sep 20 06:29:07 2011
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:28:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
To: jra@baylink.com, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <21961749.2409.1316491626619.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:07:06 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
> Subject: Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
> nationwide network
>
> > From: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com>
>
> > you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the
> > second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof containers.
>
> That's "a station wagon full of magtape". Henry would be disappointed.
The zoo didn't use it. The station wagon transport layer -- which gave
an entirely new meaning to 'jumbo packets' -- was a point-to-point link
between a couple of North Carolina locations.
