18 Nov
2019
18 Nov
'19
2:15 p.m.
On Nov 18, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
...
Thought I'd pass this on;
Conversation between a caller and John Akers:
CALLER: Hello, John?
AKERS: Yes?
CALLER: John Akers?
AKERS: Yes?
CALLER: John F. Akers?
AKERS: Yeah?
CALLER: John F. Akers, CEO for IBM?
AKERS: Yes, what is it?
CALLER: John F. Akers, CEO for IBM in Armonk?
AKERS: Yes, that's right, what do you want?
CALLER: John F. Akers, CEO for IBM in Armonk, ...?
(etc. for a few more exchanges)
AKERS: All right, enough! What is going on here?!
CALLER: Oh, not much John. Just thought you would like to know what it
is like to talk over SNA.
Neat. I vaguely remember being told that SNA had a 13-packet connect handshake -- unlike
efficient transports (TCP, DECnet NSP) which have a 3-packet handshake.
paul