Free Arcserve Parts (Was: Re: Semi-OT: Running CAT5 Cables) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Oct 1999

At 05:58 PM 10/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
...
 It was thus said that the Great Lance Costanzo once
stated:

 This talk of 10b2 reminded me of something.
 I've got an arcserve hub, some cables (laying in my driveway),
 and about a 1/2 dozen arcserve cards in some old 5150's.
 I have absolutely no use or software for them.
 Free for the shipping (from California). 
  Is this the same as Arcnet?  I would like to get my Tandy6000s networked
up and I know you can get Arcnet cards, although I've heard that the
interoperability between them and PC based arcnet cards leaves something to
be desired. My faw-paw.  
Yes, it is Arcnet.   Arcserve is the backup software by Cheyenne.
first hit out of altavista searching on arcnet:
http://www.blackbox.nl/techweb/lan/arcnet/arcnet.htm
...
 ARCnet is a Token Passing Bus, much but not exactly
like IEEE802.4. It was originally developed by Datapoint Corporation
...
 in 1977 as a hard disk interface but later used for
LAN. DataPoint, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) and Pure
...
 Data are (were) the main players in the field.  
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