IBM Token Ring Local Area Network
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Books
IBM's Token-Ring Networking Handbook; George C. Sackett; McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Inside the Token-Ring, Second Edition; J. Scott Haugdahl; Architecture Technology Corporation, 1988.
Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Fifth Edition; William Stallings; Prentice Hall, 1996:
Section 4.5: The IEEE 802 Standards Chapter 5: Logical Link Control (LLC) Section 6.3: Token Ring
OSI: A Model for Computer Communications Standards; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 1991 ("Token Ring-IEEE 802.5", pgs 144-147).
Token Ring: Principles, Perspectives and Strategies; Hans-Georg Gohring and Franz-Joachim Kauffels; Addison-Wesley, 1992, reprinted 1994.
The Token-Ring Management Guide; Nemzow; McGraw-Hill.
Token Ring Network Design; David Bird; Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Token Ring Networks; Jesper Nilansen; Prentice Hall, 1992.
Token-Ring Networks: Characteristics, Operation, Construction and Management; Gilbert Held; John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
Understanding Token Ring Protocols and Standards; James T. Carlo, Robert D. Love, Michael S. Siegel, and Kenneth T. Wilson; Artech House, 1998.
ANSI Standards
ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.5: Token Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications.
ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.2: Logical Link Control.
Periodical Articles
"A Local Communications Network Based on Interconnected Token-Access Rings: A Tutorial, IBMJRD 27:x Sep 1983.
"Token-Ring Local Area Networks - An Introduction", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 8-9.
"Lore of the Token Ring", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 11-18.
"Standards for the Token Ring", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 19-22.
"The IBM Token Ring Network: A Functional Overview", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 23-30.
"Rings are 'Round for Good!", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 31-39.
"Token-Ring Local Area Networks and Their Performance", PIEEE 77:2 Feb 1989 pgs 238-256.
"Switching To Token Ring Networks", UW 6:8 Aug 1989 pgs 56-60.
"Which LAN?", BYTE IBM Special Edition 14:11 1989 pgs 195-200.
"Token-Ring: Poised for an Explosion" (reviews of token ring adapters), PCM 11:17 Oct 13 1992 pgs 333-370.
"Around the Token-Ring", PCM 11:17 Oct 13 1992 pg 340.
"Token Ring Switching: The Design Challenge", DC 24:2 Feb 1995 pgs 97-104.
"A Closer Look at Token-Ring Switching", BCR 25:6 Jun 1995 pgs 20-22.
Web Pages and Websites
Wikipedia article "Token ring".