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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical ATM (was: Re: Coincidence...)
> Part of the story. US, Japanese and European telco manufacturers had > different perceptions of 'optimal' atm cell size. Depending upon the mix > voice/video/data different results were obtained; believe 32 and 64 byte > were mentioned. The powers that be decided upon a compromise and chose a > value 'in the middle' causing everyone to redesign their equipment. The > compromise value was not a power of two. Must have been '89 or > thereabouts. Yep...Microprocessors and powers of two don't have any special relationship. Could the ITU really put politics over technical requirements? Gee, sounds like a good orginization to help out with the DNS. (Yeah, I know, I know. The ITU is "better" now.) pbd -- Why can't you be a non-conformist like everyone else? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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