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IBM's Impact on LANs

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Particularly in the areas of microcomputers, LANs, and enterprise networking, IBM's insistence that its customers remain "pure blue" ran against both the economic and technological developments set in motion before 1990.

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Remembering IBM LAN Server Part 2

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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.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 12

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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 IBM LANs. When DOS was extended in Version 3.1,

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 11

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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 IBM LANs; it resides in ROM on the Adapter Card, on diskette, or on the PC's motherboard.

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Remembering IBM LAN Server Part 1

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Early versions of OS/2 required an IBM brand machine to run, although this was no longer a requirement by 1994.

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Historical IBM Microcomputer Hardware/Software LAN Products

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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.

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The Impacts of IBM's SNA Networking on LANs Part 1

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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.

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