24 Apr
2001
24 Apr
'01
3:14 p.m.
Bill Pechter skrev:
Well, they used DB9 connectors, used relays into the MAU (the token-ring
hub equivalent), the word Ring on the PCB. Sounds possible.
A lot of cable tv shops used IBM S34/S36/S38's for billing and records.
They also used Amiga's for Video slide generation for their add and
notices chanels.
So I figured they may have had Token-Ring boards for the Amiga.
--Bill
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> BTW2: Does the name "Amigalink"
ring a bell? Someone in the usergroup
> brought a full-length Zorro card with a D9 connector, apparently some kind
> of NIC. It dates from 1988 and I think it's copyrighted to "Designs by
> small" or something like that. The card features amongst others a clicky
> relay. The D9 is supposedly plugged into some kind of transceiver device
> and chained to hte next card. I think it's some kind of ring topology, ISTR
> the word RING screened onto the PCB.
Sounds like standard token-ring to me.
I've found the possibility of an Amiga TR NIC so impossible that I never
considered that. Are you certain?