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From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sys.apollo,comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: Is Apollo token ring ISO 802.5?
Message-ID: <159357@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 16:39:35 GMT
References: <GLASS.91Jun13171954@arcadia.postgres.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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>In the documentation I have from Apollo they refer to the token ring
>they support as "Apollo Token Ring", not as ISO 802.5 token ring?

The Apollo Domain token ring is proprietary. All technical information about
it was guarded like the family jewels for almost a decade. Several vendors
approached Apollo in the early 80's to license their token ring technology,
but Apollo either refused or put the price tag out of reach (depending on
whose story you listen to). Eventually Apollo realized that "open systems"
were taking over the market place, and they published the ring spec; but by
then no one was interested in it any more.

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