Token Ring (really)

[Bill Tillman]

________________________________
 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass at gmx.com>
To: Jay West <jwest at ezwind.net> 
Cc: 'Adam Vande More' <amvandemore at gmail.com>; 'mikel king' <mikel.king at olivent.com>; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Token Ring (really)
 
On 4/8/2012 4:41 PM, Jay West wrote:
> Adam wrote...
>
> Otherwise, it's time to abandon steamships for airplanes.  Sounds like you
> have a primed business opportunity just waiting to be exploited.
>
> -----------
> Actually, this is for a historical re-creation project. Airplanes would be
> entirely inappropriate for a historical display, so steamships it is. Last I
> checked, there was no primed business opportunity in doing something for
> non-profits (museums, etc.) :)
>
> I guess I'll have to see how tough it would be to yank the TR code from 7x
> and get it running under 9x. Probably above my skillset, but I'll have a
> looksee.
>
> J
>

Hi,

You could try finding an "ethernet to token ring" translating bridge,
though I am not aware of the budget will need - or if you'll find one
anyways.

Just a thought,

Nikos
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Sorry to jump in on this one so late but here is my 2 cents on this one:

Madge cards were all the rage back in 1996 thru 1999. I was IT Mgr for a
financial services company which ran token ring....ring in-ring out and pass
the MAU-e-wau-e pipe please. Back then, Madge cards ran $300 or more.
These days you can buy a 1000mbs ethernet card for $5. So I vote for
swapping out the NIC and get on with life.