Not to throw in anecdote after anecdote, especially since it is slightly off topic, but I have to share. I worked at a textile company 17 years ago and the bou

Not to throw in anecdote after anecdote, especially since it is slightly off topic, but I have to share. I worked at a textile company 17 years ago and the bought brand new "state of the art" embroidery machines from Germany and they ran Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. At the time I was just "the web and IT guy" so it was my job to set up a token ring network with coaxial cables to network these machines together so the control computer could send embroidery designs remotely. This was cutting edge stuff, prior to that we had 3.5" floppies and a sneaker net. But even at the time Windows 3.11 was 8 years old. To this day it is the only time I have seen token ring. I have "fond" memories of walking through hundreds of feet of coax checking each connection to find out which one came loose and took the entire network down.