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to: POINDEXTER FORTRAN
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2020-02-16 20:16:00
subject: Re: Linux Alone With Sync

-=> On 02-15-20 06:22, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

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

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

True! :D

I can lower latency a bit for distances in the 60-400 metre range! :D

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

Yeah, definitely a lot more bandwidth available. :D

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

Haha true. :)


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