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to: TONY LANGDON
from: POINDEXTER FORTRAN
date: 2020-02-15 06:30:00
subject: Re: Linux Alone With Sync

-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Gamgee <=-

 -=> On 02-13-20 08:55, Gamgee wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 Ga> Good point there.  I've had to use the "sneakernet" to get network
 Ga> drivers installed too, usually on a netbook-type computer.

 TL> Yep, sneakernet still has a place. :)

No improvements in latency, but the bandwidth has gone through the roof!

Instead of a 1.44mb floppy, I recently sneakernetted 32 GB worth of database 
this week.

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of 9-track 
tapes..."


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