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Article #347Re: When was FDDI established?
From: Paul Koning
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:12
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:12
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In article <C0pJ8z.127@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil>, rjsmith@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil (Randy Smith) writes: |>What year did FDDI become a standard? I'm presenting some material to people |>and none of the books I have that mention FDDI say when it became a standard. |> |>--Randy-- Depends on what you mean. FDDI isn't a single standard. The first of the set (MAC) was published by ANSI as a finished standard in 1987; PHY was published in 1988, and PMD (multimode) in 1990. SMT is still in draft status. !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Paul Koning, NI1D, A-13683 ! Digital Equipment Co., LKG1-2/A19, Littleton, MA 01460, USA ! (508) 486-7313 or (508) 952-3344, koning@koning.enet.dec.com !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over ! any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent ! harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not ! a sufficient warrant." -- John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" 1859
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.fddi Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!news!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!newsdaemon From: koning@koning.enet.dec.com (Paul Koning) Subject: Re: When was FDDI established? Message-ID: <1993Jan12.141215.28265@engage.pko.dec.com> Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon) Reply-To: koning@koning.enet.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Co., distributed systems architecture References: <C0pJ8z.127@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil> Distribution: comp Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:12:15 GMT Lines: 22