Publisher's Synopsis
Inside the Token Ring, 2nd Edition covers all aspects of IBM's Token-Ring local area network, from history to IEEE standards to operation and actual products. Because the Token Ring is the IBM strategic LAN, this book is essential reading for those interested in data communications, particularly in SNA and distributed processing environments. After the first criticism - after all, it could only connect PCs and the software was not match for established PC LAN vendors - the Token Ring provides connectivity for every major computing device that IBM offers. In addition, it is the strategic local area network included in IBM's Systems Application Architecture (SAA). Standardization and open systems networks will be the most important technological developments. Computer users will process more and more distributed data which indicates that also more and more networks are going to be used. In 1993 it is expected that more than 1 billion US$ will be spent at local networks and there will be more than 3 million PC-Networks installed worldwide.
