[comp.arch] Not bigger than a breadbox

josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall) (03/15/89)

> 3000 miles x (50 microns)^2 = .012 cubic meters, or about 12 liters.
> 	Paul F. Dietz

Right you are.  I'm gonna fire my blackboard.   :^)

You still don't want to go through 3000 miles of fiber in one shot.
Your best bet is to have as many small loops as you can afford drivers
for-- the whole thing is very similar to disk in terms of latency etc.

--JoSH