fleming@apple.com (11/14/89)
Dear Mr. Townson: I don't know if this is worth posting or not... but I am trying to find a particular tutorial on datacomm which I saw advertised a year or so ago. I don't remember the author or title, but the ad copy mentioned "don't ever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tape backups going 50 m.p.h." I didn't need such a tutorial then, but I do now. Do you or any readers of dcom.telecom recognize this book? (PS - what is the "Digest"? You E-mailed me a copy once, when I submitted my piece on SONET. I access Usenet through Portal... do I see everything that goes into the digest?) Thanks very much. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Stephen Fleming | Internet: fleming@cup.portal.com | | Director, Technology Marketing | Voice: (703) 847-7058 | | Northern Telecom +-------------------------------------| | Federal Networks Division | Opinions expressed do not | | Vienna, Virginia 22182 | represent Northern Telecom. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ [Moderator's Note: I do not know what tutorial you are discussing. There is not one like it in the Telecom Archives. Someone may recognize it and write to you. You might also try posting your question in the 'comp.dcom.modems' group. TELECOM Digest and comp.dcom.telecom are about the same. The Digest is distributed to anyone on the mailing list who wants a single digest-style presentation sent to them through email. Comp.dcom.telecom is a Usenet group and for that purpose, the Digest is 'undigestified' and presented as single messages; but the messages are the same ones in either case. You pick the way you want to read it. PT]
@cs.arizona.edu:jms@mis.arizona.edu (jms) (11/20/89)
The "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon" is an old quote. The most recent usage I've seen is in Tanenbaum's "Computer Networks." Even if you're looking for something else, the 2nd Edition of Tanenbaum is one of the best I've ever seen in it's area. It is almost encyclopaedic in coverage, yet is well written and easy to read. I have used it for several classes, and the students almost always react favorably (something NOT true with Stallings' 1st edition of his similar book). jms