On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Michael Newbery wrote:
And a SHARED 4.8k at that. The theory was that there was sufficient spare capacity on the DSIR network to accomodate the DISR internal traffic and the University use. This proved not to be the case :-)
I believe I've got some old stuff relating to early Internet applications at the DSIR (from the P.E.L. at Gracefield - my father was Director of Administration at the DSIR mid/late 80s). I should try to dig it up.
Still remember setting my watch by the atomic clocks next to the lunch room...
Hmm. They must have moved the lunchroom (or the clocks, or both). When I re-cabled the distribution system for the clocks in 1981/2, they weren't anywhere near the lunchroom! -- Andrew P. Gardner Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog