In message <[email protected]>, Magnus Danielson writes:


>> Was there a big bang?  What was the source of the 600 amps?
>
>I think there (with some delay) was some awfull scream of dispare.
>The cost of Ethernet interfaces where much more significant back then.

The most expensive one we lost was in a UNISYS 2200, where three
microprocessors worked together to limit bandwidth to 100 kB/s.
I belive the sticker prices as $15k.

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