ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologies

From: Absurdly Obtuse <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Tue Oct 9 20:12:02 2001

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> > > Unless I'm mistaken Dave is talking about a transmittion method that's
> > > actually been used. There is actually an RFC for it.
> > I know someone who measured the bandwidth and latency of himself carrying
> > a backpack full of floppies across the campus of Clarkson.
> This sounds like the age-old "never underestimate the bandwidth of a
> station wagon full of magtapes" story.

Indeed. Except this guy did it as part of his doctoral work. 8-)

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Tue Oct 09 2001 - 20:12:02 BST