[WEB4LIB:14802] Innovative and Token Ring

[Dennis VanArsdale]

Peter Murray responded:
> You might try subscribing to the Innovative Users Group mailing list and
> posting your question there.  See:
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Thanks, Peter.  A good suggestion, but I tried in April and got very 
little response.  I'm actually getting more from this list than I got 
from the IUG.  Must have been a slow period?
> 
> >  We're
> > looking at Innovative as a possible vendor, and have a Token Ring
> > network campus.  Even if we use Ethernet inside the library, we must
> > still go in and out through a Token Ring network for campus use,
> > Internet access, etc.
> 
> We don't fall into your situation, but I wonder if you can put the INNOPAC
> machine on the Ethernet in your library, thereby using whatever Token
> Ring/Ethernet bridge you already have set up to access the campus network
> and the rest of the world.
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We are Token Ring inside the library as part of the campus network 
(no Ethernet here among the IBM!), but we are wondering if we 
may have to switch to Ethernet inside the library and connect to 
Token Ring for campus access, if we go with Innovative.  They're 
checking on putting a Token Ring card in the DEC Alpha, but we'd 
rather not be first to try this.  We've been on the bleeding part of 
the cutting edge once already with another vendor.

Thanks for your response.  I've found this list very helpful for all 
sorts of questions (whether I ask them or someone else beats me to 
it!).

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