22 Jul
2003
22 Jul
'03
10:30 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 ghldbrd(a)ccp.com wrote:
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.
Nosiree. Any PC, any RS/6000, really, any machine with PCI can do token
ring.
Guess that's why everyone went to Ethernet.
No, that was because of marketing stuff. 16Mbps TR is significantly
faster than 10Mbps ethernet. It has a very large MTU/MRU.
Peace... Sridhar
> Am clearing out my garage to make space for a PDP
11/34.
> Is there any interest at all in a fair-sized pile of token ring stuff -
> some
> 4MHz, some 4/16MHz (cards [inc unused PCMCIA], cables, MAUs etc) or should
> it all go to the dump.
> eBay prices appear to be too low to be worth the bother.
> I suspect that thge only people who might be interested in collecting TR
> have already been able to pick up as much as they want.
>
> This is in Rayleigh, Essex (England)
>
> Andy