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Notwithstanding its heritage, LAN Server 4.0 would incorporate some relatively strong enterprise-wide services, including support for the Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), a graphical user interface, and extended peer services.
the network system calls then provided under interrupt 21H gave all suppliers of network software the capability to standardize at least some of the access to LAN hardware. Most manufacturers of LAN software had announced or implemented support of NETBIOS for IBMLANs. When DOS was extended in Version 3.1,
The NETwork Basic Input Output System (NET-BIOS) was introduced at the same time IBM announced the PC Network in 1984. The network microcode was the foundation for program control of the IBMLANs; it resides in ROM on the Adapter Card, on diskette, or on the PC's motherboard.
One clearly evident (if not explicitly stated) IBM strategy in managing outside competition was to coopt popular technology. The concept of an overarching connectivity architecture such as SAA was one approach to managing these compromises.
IBM also supported a wide variety of other software interfaces, as well, including IEEE's Logical Link Control (LLC). In addition, IBM sold a number of Ethernet (802.3) related products during this time as a hedge.
IBM did not, for the most part, sell SNA as a generalized networking solution independent of its own product line. It was designed to be a networking solution primarily revolving around an information environment that has IBM-designed large or mid-range computers at the center.
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Support for resource sharing is particularly important since in a modern data communications network one primary objective is (or should be) extensive connectivity among end-users and devices.
Competition from IBM?s A good example was Novell's NetWare 4.x x product, announced in mid-1993. s OS2 and Microsoft?s s Windows NT server would soon eclipse Novell?s s efforts.
Novell, DEC, IBM, and others were marketing LAN systems that allowed interconnection of IBM, DEC, and other computer products into an integrated network, providing for both 3270 and VTxxx emulations.
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I started to do that, this is the mid-area between everybody running IBM stuff into the custom computer. Stok: I started building computers, that was the first thing because personal computers were one thing, but but back in the days they weren't really that you bought all off-the-shelf items. So I did that. and such.
I started to do that, this is the mid-area between everybody running IBM stuff into the custom computer. Stok: I started building computers, that was the first thing because personal computers were one thing, but but back in the days they weren't really that you bought all off-the-shelf items. So I did that. and such.
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