Subj : Re: non-disk stations
To   : Leonard Erickson
From : Darren Gibbs
Date : Wed Nov 15 2000 09:33 pm

 DG>> hehe. In days of yore, I ran a remote office loading boot images
 DG>> over a single 2 meg link for 70 PC's. It worked fine, except if
 DG>> _all_ the PC's were turned on at the same time. Then the link got
 DG>> a bit bogged.

 LE> I can imagine!

 LE> Hmmm. 2 meg link? ARCnet, right?

Oh no - the network was ethernet. However, the _bridge_ which linked the 
offices was a standard E1 - 2048 Kbps, point to point. Try sucking 70 * 400k 
disk image down that at the same time an see what happens. :-)

I _did_ have one network which was ArcNet - but that particular segment had its 
own server to put boot images on, thankfully.

 DG>> When I look at today, where hard disks of 10 gig or more are the
 DG>> "norm", and where 2 meg links just aren't fast enough anymore -
 DG>> Microsoft has a LOT to answer for.

 LE> Too true. Though even with *non* MS software, I find a 100 meg link a
 LE> bit slow when I'm digging thru my collection of graphics. :-)

I think you'll find that comes down to processing/rendering problems, rather 
than network latency. I suck images from my server all the time over a 10 meg 
hub, and don't notive any difference to sucking them from the local disk.

 LE> ps. I just came into possesion of a CD drive (from a system upgrade)
 LE> that uses an 8-bit interface card. I may put that in the PC if I can
 LE> spare the slot.

Sheesh. That's old fashioned! Better make sure you can find drivers for it 
first!

DaZZa

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