You mean a Tokenray network? On Sat, May 22, 2021, 4:34 PM Lyle Bickley via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hi Grant, > > On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:34:05 -0600 > Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Q: Does anyone have any IBM PC Network hardware and / or software that > > they would be willing to part with? > > My company installed a several hundred IBM PC Network equipped workstations > "back in the day" ;) > > It was a very stable network and had the advantage that one could use > existing > 75 ohm cable that could be simultaneously used for video (although, most of > our installations were network only). > > IBM's NETBIOS was integrated into the IBM PC Network board. I wrote a > network utility program to analyze NETBIOS networks (which was advertised > in > "Byte Magazine"). My largest software clients were TRW and the U.S. Navy. I > tried to get the U.S. Navy as a client (unsuccessfully) - as they had > bought > my utility software and complained to me that it didn't support their > 10,000+ > workstations! > > Unfortunately, I long ago got rid of all my IBM PC Network cards and > related > hardware. (I still have some IBM Token Ring stuff, though). > > We also had several clients who "picked" Arcnet. We never recommended it - > but > IT folks had their own opinions - and we were a network/system-integration > firm > and would do whatever the the client asked for. (We later got to convert > all > of our Arcnet clients to IBM Token Ring or Ethernet. Kinda like "double > dipping" ;) > > By the late 1980's I had converted all of our clients to Token Ring > (especially those with IBM Mainframes) or Ethernet. > > All the PC Network hardware was ultimately scrapped... > > Cheers, > Lyle > -- > > > The recent "COMPAQ ISA PC to ethernet" thread got me thinking about IBM > > PC Network (and ARCnet) again. > > > > Sadly, Wikipedia's IBM PC Network article [1] is about the most concise > > / complete source of information that I've seen in the past. I'd like > > to learn more. I knew about the F connectors on coax cable, but was not > > aware of centralized device needed to do frequency translation. > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_Network > > > > > > > > > > -- > 73 NM6Y > Bickley Consulting West > https://bickleywest.com > > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" >