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Re: Packet Loss

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Dec 15 13:12:18 2000

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To: "Muir, Ronald" <rmuir@pathnet.net>
Cc: "'tme@21rst-century.com'" <tme@21rst-century.com>,
	nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:53:06 EST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:53:06 EST, you said:
> In addition to the mylar punch tape the machine was usually an octal
> machine.

The machine was binary. You grouped in bunches of 3 just to make it easier.

As opposed to the IBM 1620 and similar *real* decimal machines. ;)
-- 
				Valdis Kletnieks
				Operating Systems Analyst
				Virginia Tech


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