> I recall reading some networking books that mentioned interesting ancient network structures a long time ago, such as ring topology networks or daisy chain ne

> I recall reading some networking books that mentioned interesting ancient network structures a long time ago, such as ring topology networks or daisy chain networks. IP-over-SCSI was great, you could throw 8 PCs on one SCSI chain. Put two SCSI controllers in each machine, do rows-and-columns, and you could have 64 hosts a maximum of 2 hops from each other, at U320 speeds, in the 1990s. https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2344 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2344 Imagine a beowulf cluster of hot grits! Er, sorry...