Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ulysses!ucbvax!A.ISI.EDU!CERF From: CERF@A.ISI.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Station wagon full of bits Message-ID: <[A.ISI.EDU].1-Apr-87.20:31:12.CERF> Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 20:31:00 EST Article-I.D.: <[A.ISI.EDU].1-Apr-87.20:31:12.CERF> Posted: Wed Apr 1 20:31:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 10:16:52 EST References: <12289526116.32.GROSSMAN@Sierra.Stanford.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa Stu, one little observation. A single collision in your tapemobile would do rather more damage than the typical collision on an ethernet. Shows why putting all your bits in one packet isn't a good policy... Vint