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sandworm101 on Aug 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Was the Microsoft Network?

From a friend who once worked on it: whole thing ran on a single rack. Redundant power supplies, but a single common plug.

djsumdog on Aug 29, 2018 [–]

I remember watching a video about Sierra OnLine's network (later The Imagination Network which was sold to AT&T) where when they needed to expand, they just added another computer full of modems.

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