Network question

[Fred Cisin]

> > In the case of a really old system like that, it doesn't matter what the
> > network is - the network will never be the problem, unless I use bongos
> > as the transport mechanism.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Warren Wolfe wrote:
>     Keep it in historical context...  Bongos were a significant speed
> increase over smoke signals.

??
~1100 feet per second v 186,000 miles per second

But bongos could operate without line of sight,
and with or without ambient light.

Neither seems to be supported by current MICROS~1 software.
So, reliability is likely to be higher than modern NICs.