Re: TTL exceeded
Personally, I think X.25 had a lot of advantages over TCP/IP, but the downside was it's perceived complexity.
Anyone here 40 years or younger won't get this. Network theory, connectivity, was highly disputed into the mid 1990s.
I have some awful, awful tech books from then, very expensive nonsense, I would be eager to donate if El Reg started a library of tech crap.
25 years ago the main role of any third line engineer was to correct the lies of the salesmen without losing customers.
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