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Think - automounter from hell :-)
//hostname/ would access the root directory of host 'hostname'.
( Not NFS - I believe this was based on some statefull protocol) 

I encountered a Unix system like this more than 15 years ago.
Hopefully all these systems are dead by now.

	Stephan


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