Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet

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From: Steven Bjork
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:30

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In article <sige6ao@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>,
 vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:

>Ethernet is far more common and not significantly worse than token
>ring.  Since token ring is not significantly better (it can be argued
>to be worse since it is so much more fragile), token ring is dead in
>the long run.  The universe does not tolerate competing, largely
>equivalent standards forever; eventually the less common one disappears.

IBM has realized this, and has tried to Forstall the Demise with
the so-called "tropic" token chip. The pc world has seen a sudden
influx of "cheap" (for token that is) ring cards.

--Steven

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Subject: Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet
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