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		csours on Dec 31, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Larry Roberts has died The auto assembly plant I worked in had SNA (active, but unused) in 2006.

dfox on Dec 31, 2018 [–]

Various circuit switched (ISDN) or non-IP packet switched technologies (SNA/X.25/Frame Relay) are apparently often used as backup links for various automotive EDI stuff for JIT ordering.

csours on Dec 31, 2018 | [–]

It was the uplink to the mothership for vehicle content broadcast. JIT was local DSL.

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