On 10/19/18 1:14 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > >>> IBM developed a Token Ring card for the PC in time for its launch > IBM's initial networking for the PC (The PC Network) was broadband, based > on technology from Sytek. 4Mb token ring was released later. Exact dates > are in the manuals on bitsavers. > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/pc_network/6322916_PC_Network_Technical_Reference_Sep84.pdf > > Another project (sigh..) has been to collect all the parts to put a Sytek > network together.
I used to have a bunch of Sytek gear, including a StatMon. I once wrote a program in C on a 3B2 to collect, display and analyze the data from the StatMon. I also, working with a good friend who now teaches at Texas A&M (unless he finally retired!) helped write a program to function as a DNS for a Sytek Network. Delivered a paper on it at the Sytek Users Group Conference at NTSU in Denton, TX. Good luck getting it running. Hope you know a lot about broadband networks because it ain't as easy as cable TV. :-) I even used to have a portable cable plant for explaining it to potential customers. Those were the days. Sigh.... > > I'm looking for a 50/50 Central Retransmission Unit, though I do have the > little brother to it that IBM sold for the PC Network. > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/sytek/brochures/LocalNet_50_50_Central_Retransmission_Unit_Brochure_Sep82.pdf bill
