On Fri, 28 Dec 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I can remember hopping the "noon balloon" out of San Jose with a large Samsonite briefcase full of tapes (you could carry 6 reels in it; I still have the case. It was often the best and least expensive way to get a mass of sensitive data cross-country.
But, not quite as much bandwidth as a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.