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From: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: delay lines for memory
Message-ID: <1520@stcns3.stc.oz>
Date: 22 Mar 89 03:09:46 GMT
References: <21976@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <28411@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1365@wpi.wpi.edu>
Reply-To: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Organization: Alcatel STC Australia, North Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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In article <1365@wpi.wpi.edu> lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard) writes:

| Is data transmission with ultra sound practical? You can get 10Mhz ultra sound
| in water, and it travels very fast. I wonder if connecting PC's with garden
| hoses would be cheaper than ethernet cable, no electrical noise but stepping
| on the hose could cause problems ;)

I can see it now...

``The Nylex Corporation, a manufacturer of garden hoses and sprinkler
  accessories, today announced a product aimed specifically at the
  fast-growing PC LAN market.  Called HoseNet, it is based upon a
  cheap flexible medium utilising the latest techniques in transmission
  technology...''

Sorry, but I thought a little levity would be appropriate at this point.

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Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU),  Alcatel STC Australia,  dave@stcns3.stc.oz
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