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On 05/22/12 19:53, Robert Bonomi wrote:

I implemented a RPC system at SLAC - actually got RPC numbers from Sun!

But, it is slow.  Unless it is located far away (two miles at SLAC), it
is much faster to do it with a driver, etc.

Tom Dean