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[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling
| down the highway. -Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1996).

I remember that being a notable line of Prof. David Morgan in a University 
of Waterloo OS course in 1973 (plus or minus 1 year).  I think it came 
from his Bell Labs experience.

According to this AST worked at Bell Labs when he was a grad student:
 http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/andrew-tanenbaum-geek-of-the-week/
Since he got his PhD in 1971, this would have been before I heard Morgan 
say the phrase.

So: I don't know who said it first but it was long before 1996.
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