[rescue] Token Ring gear for sale

[jwbirdsa at picarefy.com]

   I know Token Ring has had a poor reputation. I assumed that was because
it required more complicated gear than Ethernet in the early days. After all,
FDDI is a token-passing architecture and it works very nicely indeed, and
isn't hard to work with at all once you're familiar with the connector
types. So... how bad could Token Ring be?

   The words 'misbegotten piece of sh*t' spring to mind. It looks me less
than an hour to install FDDI cards, configure the concentrator, hook
everything up, and send the first successful ping. I've just spent all day
trying to send even one packet from point A to point B via Token Ring
without any success, and I will have no more to do with it.

   --James B.

Free plus postage, a wide variety of Token Ring cards:

+ Intel MCA TokenExpress adapter for PS/2, still shrink-wrapped in box

+ 2 @ 3Com 3C510610 DAS FDDI modules for the SuperStack II Switch 2000 TR

+ 3 @ 3Com 3C359B TokenLink Velocity XL PCI cards

+ IBM ISA card, model unknown

+ Compaq Netflex-2 card with TR module
   A crystal has fallen off the main card. Crystal is included in bag.

+ Madge Smart 16/4 ISA Client Plus Ringnode card

+ 3 @ SMC 8115T ISA cards

+ 3Com TokenLink ISA card

+ 3 @ 3Com TokenLink III ISA cards, one with original box and floppy

+ IBM PCI Token-Ring card

+ IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring ISA card

+ IBM 74F8653 MCA busmaster card, apparently for RS/6000s

FSBO:

+ Centillion 100 switch: dual power supplies, one ATMSpeed/155 card (four
    fiber ports), five TokenSpeed cards (four TR ports each, with RJ45 and
    DB9 connectors for each port). HEAVY! Shipping won't be cheap.

+ 3Com SuperStack II Switch 2000 TR with 3C510620 ATM module installed

+ 3Com SuperStack II Hub TR