Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

[Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com>]

> 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.