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From: fargo@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Irwin M. Fargo)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Token ring cabling - HELP!!
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Date: 12 Nov 90 22:41:11 GMT
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I just recently purchased two 4 Mbit token ring cards for the IBM PC.

Unfortunately, the guy who sold them to me gave me the cards, some software
and some photocopied pages from a manual giving some miscellaneous infor-
mation about how to install the software, etc., but very little on wiring
a TR network (just a pinout diagram of the DB9 connector).

What's I'd like to do is hook up two computers and two computers only with
TR.  I've talked with a couple people and they tell me I need a MAU.  I picked
up my Inmac catalog and found the price to be out of my range ($595 for an 8
station MAU).

Do I really, absolutely need a MAU for a two station network or can I build
something myself?  (I've dabbled in electronics a bit, so I'm not completely
helpless)

Reply by e-mail.  Thanks in advance!

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