On Fri, 28 Dec 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I can remember hopping the "noon balloon"
out of San Jose with a large
Samsonite briefcase full of tapes (you could carry 6 reels in it; I
still have the case. It was often the best and least expensive way to
get a mass of sensitive data cross-country.
But, not quite as much bandwidth as a station wagon full of tapes hurtling
down the highway.