  Using longer spectra we re-analyze spectral properties of the two-body random
ensemble studied thirty years ago. At the center of the spectra the old results
are largely confirmed, and we show that the non-ergodicity is essentially due
to the variance of the lowest moments of the spectra. The longer spectra allow
to test and reach the limits of validity of French's correction for the number
variance. At the edge of the spectra we discuss the problems of unfolding in
more detail. With a Gaussian unfolding of each spectrum the nearest neighbour
spacing distribution between ground state and first exited state is shown to be
stable. Using such an unfolding the distribution tends toward a semi-Poisson
distribution for longer spectra. For comparison with the nuclear table ensemble
we could use such unfolding obtaining similar results as in the early papers,
but an ensemble with realistic splitting gives reasonable results if we just
normalize the spacings in accordance with the procedure used for the data.
