sl137223@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (sl137223) (03/17/88)
I currently work with a PS/2 Model 80 and Model 60 on an IBM token ring network. I would like to add an AT&T 6300 to the network. I already have a network card for it, and have installed and run the system diagnostics supplied by IBM. The hardware apparently checks out okay. What I would like to know, is this. What version of AT&T DOS do I need? The IBM manuals say I need DOS 3.2 or higher, but they are talking about for the IBM. I called AT&T and they said "We don't support the IBM network, you'll have to talk to IBM." So I called IBM and they said, "We don't support the AT&T 6300." Has anyone added an AT&T computer to an IBM network before? If not, is anyone familiar with the internals to the IBM network software? Everything I have ever tried to run on the AT&T has worked, so I assume the DOS is compatible internally, but then again, you never know. I guess if no one has any insight, I will just get DOS 3.2 for the AT&T and see what happens. Also, has anyone had any experience with the mail order company Gateway 2000? A friend of mine purchased an AT style machine from them and they sent him a hodge podge of equipment. The memory chips in the machine are from three different manufactures. The monitor is from a different manufacturer than was quoted over the phone.
gmv@cblpf.ATT.COM (G. Michael Vrbanac) (03/19/88)
> I currently work with a PS/2 Model 80 and Model 60 on an IBM token ring > network. I would like to add an AT&T 6300 to the network. I already have > a network card for it, and have installed and run the system diagnostics > supplied by IBM. The hardware apparently checks out okay. What I would like > to know, is this. What version of AT&T DOS do I need? The IBM manuals say > I need DOS 3.2 or higher, but they are talking about for the IBM. I called > AT&T and they said "We don't support the IBM network, you'll have to talk > to IBM." So I called IBM and they said, "We don't support the AT&T 6300." I've never run token-ring, but I can tell you that the AT&T PC6300 will run IBMs PC-DOS (that I have done). The only glitch I know of is getting PC-DOS to know what time/date the 6300 has in it's clock. There are several programs to do this, check out the AT&T sponsored support BBS at (201) 769-5616 or (201) 769-6397. One other thing that can be a "gotcha" with the 6300 is that they 8-bit bus slots *don't* run at 4.77 mhz, rather the designers simply halved the cpu clock's 8mhz to run the 8-bit bus. Consequently, anything plugged in an 8-bit bus slot runs slower, and a very few cards won't run at all. +--------------+------------------------+-----------------+ | Mike Vrbanac | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Columbus, Ahiya | +--------------+------------------+-----------------------+ | Unix: {cbosgd|ihnp4}!cblpf!gmv | CompuServ: 76054,113 | +---------------------------------+-----------------------+