[32868] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Packet Loss
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Fri Dec 15 13:23:03 2000
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "John R. Grant" <jgrant@liveonthenet.com>
Cc: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
"'Scott Bradner'" <sob@harvard.edu>, nanog@merit.edu
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012150921140.15394-100000@grant.liveonthenet.com>, "
John R. Grant" writes:
>Yesterday, Roeland Meyer wrote:
>> I know for certain that it dates back to the pain-frame daze and originally
>> refered to 9600 baud open-reel tape <snip>
>
><cringe>
>that would be 9600 bit per inch GCR format 9-track tape, don't you think?
></cringe>
They didn't have nearly that density -- when I heard the phrase, it was
800 or 1600 bits per linear inch (1600' reels), with 8 bits (plus
parity) across. And 200 bpi 6-track tapes were still in use, though being
phased out.
--Steve Bellovin
