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English: IBM Token-Ring LAN connector. These 4-conductor hermaphodite connectors are now something of a curiosity!
They were never terribly successful. They contained a switching arrangement that was supposed to eliminate the need for a hub by shorting the connector when disengaged to maintain the integrity of the ring. This in theory enabled hot joining and leaving of the ring by physically connecting and disconnecting the machine. Not only did it fail to do this, but it also succeeded in crashing many hubs if they were installed. But provided the machine was powered up before connection, and down before disconnection, these same hubs would reliably manage hot joining and leaving. They even often survived hot-plugging and unplugging of running machines, provided a non-shorting connector was used instead of these. So the switching was a dead loss. |
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| Source | This is an original photograph by Andrew Alder, taken on 11 November 2003. |
| Author | Andrew Alder |
| Other versions | See also :Image:IBMtrconnector_detail.jpg. |
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