at the temporal coordinates: 11/8/01 1:42 AM, the entity known as R Pickett
at emerson_at_hayseed.net conveyed the following:
> 60 seconds is a lot better, but still would only scale to
> 80-100 machines before you start running into collision problems again.
Just curious, but how is the estimate of 80-100 machines arrived at? That
is, if it's something that permits a brief explanation.
> I'll see if I can find a link to the UI/design documents that specified
> that the Chooser needed to show all resources within 5 seconds that was
> part of the original AppleTalk / LocalTalk design spec.
I wonder if that's 5 seconds from opening Chooser. If the OS is keeping
track of the broadcasts, then that doesn't have to necessarily mean
broadcasts every five seconds.
- Eric.
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