Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: ccplumb@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How Times Change Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 09:49:38 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 34 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 133, Message 7 of 11 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu There are more amazing telecommunication stories with the gulf. Here's one from RISKS (v11i10) that's of enough interest to re-post: Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 11:47:35 PST From: Martin Minow Subject: On-line in Saudi Arabia Date: Fri, 08 Feb 91 16:06:19 -0500 From: Steve Elias Subject: funny sco unix story [...] at sco last week, they told me that their customer service line had received a call from a US Army dude who was calling from inside his M1 tank in the Saudi desert. Apparently, SCO Unix runs on one of the computers in the tank. The customer service person pointed him to the SCO BBS system and he dialed it and downloaded the bug fix. Steve Elias, eli@spdcc.com; 617 932 5598 (voicemail), 508 294 7556 (work phone) [Hmm. I wonder if someone could dial up the tank's Unix? PGN] ------------ *I* wonder if he came in over the 800 number, and if so, what the billing looks like! That, and whether one could rig a news/mail feed. This actually sparks an enormous number of questions regarding military use of telecommunications technology. I'm sure they have more jam-resistant systems than Motorola's Iridium, but more bandwidth? Colin