Token ring (UK)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Jul 23 16:53:00 2003

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Geoff Reed wrote:
> At 10:24 PM 7/22/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Nosiree. Any PC, any RS/6000, really, any machine with PCI can do
> > token ring.
>
> Token ring didn't require PCI bus, I have some ISA Token ring cards
> around here somewhere

And it isn't limited just to PCs. I've seen NuBus Token Ring cards at a
university I did work for, and of course there are HP JetDirect cards that
support Token Ring.

Madge still makes ISA/PCI/PCMCIA Token Ring cards, and 3Com and IBM both
made (and may still sell) several different models of ISA and PCI cards.
There were also many other smaller companies who made ISA cards, but I
haven't seen too many "generic" PCI cards.

On the subject of unusual networks...has anyone come across any fiber
based Arcnet devices? I have a pair of SMC fiber Arcnet cards that came
from a fellow list member, but it appears they need a concentrator and/or
converters to be used. Some of the building automation system computers I
tinker with use Arcnet to communicate with each other, and it should be
possible to get them to play nice over fiber if I can scrounge up all of
the components.

-Toth
Received on Wed Jul 23 2003 - 16:53:00 BST