22 Jul
2003
22 Jul
'03
10:52 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Bill Richman wrote:
What about Thomas-Conrad?
Peace... Sridhar
I have a box
full of token-ring adapters, IBM new in the box, and
can't find a nibble here in the States. I've been told that token
ring netowrking is an IBM only system, and requies an IBM server to
play.
Token-Ring seems to have originated with IBM, but it's not true that you
need an IBM server. We used to use it with HP, IBM, Compaq, and some
home-grown boxes. There were several 3rd-party manufacturers of
token-ring equipment, but I think about the only one left these days is
Madge (www.madge.com) and they're moving rapidly to ethernet...