Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!skip From: skip@gatech.UUCP (Skip Addison) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: IBM PC networking Message-ID: <10457@gatech.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 12:19:31 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.10457 Posted: Sat Oct 13 12:19:31 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 07:50:02 EDT References: <682@cadmus.UUCP> Organization: School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 26 > In the October issue of BYTE IBM has an advertisement and specification > of this new networking capability. They say they are using the Intel > 82586 processor. I thought that this was an ethernet processor? Are they > really using an off the shelf 82586 or is it a special just for IBM from > Intel? Would anyone care to comment. > > marty > > cadmus!schoff@seismo.ARPA > {bbncca,wivax,linus,seismo}!cadmus!schoff The 82586 processor handles mainly the media access protocols (I think). Since the Sytek network is CSMA/CD, all they have to do is put different serial encoder on and they have a broadband network. The reason they can use CSMA/CD on a rather large CATV plant is the data rate on the broadband channel is only 128kbps (assuming it is the same as the Sytek Localnet 20 product line). -- from the DMZ of Skip Addison The Office of Telecommunications and Networking Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Skip @ GATech ARPA: Skip.GATech @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!skip