Fascinating read, kudos to the author. I hadn't considered that token-ring networks had the limitation that all nodes had to be online for it to work, but it m

Fascinating read, kudos to the author. I hadn't considered that token-ring networks had the limitation that all nodes had to be online for it to work, but it makes total sense. We're so spoiled these days. :) And that last idea to ship a blank tape to buy you time is pure genius. Reminds me of the high school / undergrad tricks of submitting a corrupted archive or document on the deadline date. It bought you at least a day or two before the professor noticed, and by then you'd hopefully be finished. Not that I ever partook in such reprehensible behavior...