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IBM PC's first LAN system
The IBM PC Network was IBM PC's first LAN system. It consisted of network cards, cables, and a small device driver known as NetBIOS. It used a data rate of 2 Mbit/s and carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: IBM PC NetworkA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Using the IBM analog in-memory hardware acceleration kit for neural network training and inferenceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Communications and networking for the IBM PC and compatiblesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Using an IBM PC to network Walter/Palya experiment controllersCited 6 times
- Go sideways: SytekA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Network interface controllerA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Using an IBM PC to network Walter/Palya experiment controllers
IBM academic information systems (ACIS): The IBM-PC on the IBM token-ring network
SNA/3270 gateway for the IBM PC network
The IBM-PC network: a review of the network and associated programs
IBM controls PC networking market
🆕 Influential since 2022
Using the IBM analog in-memory hardware acceleration kit for neural network training and inference
Artificial neural network syndrome decoding on IBM quantum processors
Birds Images Prediction with Watson Visual Recognition Services from IBM-Cloud and Conventional Neural Network
Zero-Trust Network Access on IBM z/OS: Applying BeyondCorp Principles to Mainframe Perimeter Architecture
📚 Books worth reading
Communications and networking for the IBM PC and compatiblesLarry E. Jordan, L. Jordan · 1987
IT essentialsCisco Systems, Inc, Cisco Systems Inc. · 2003- 📕System Network Architecture / Low Entry Networking · 1991
Sna & Tcp/Ip Enterprise Networking (Manning)Daniel Lynch, James P. Gray · 1997
IBM's networking strategiesJohn F. Mazzaferro · 1992
Integrating Macs into Windows networksGuy Hart-Davis · 2010
PC Maintenance and Repair DVD KitSyngress Media, Bruce Peat · 2001
IBM WebSphereRoland Barcia, Bill Hines · 2004
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