LAN Manager: Difference between revisions

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Description

The name LAN Manager was used both for a network layer that was sold as an add on for OS/2 versions 1.x (and could run on later versions) and Unix systems and also a Network Operating System that combined a Microsioft's or IBM' version of OS/2 server or Hewlett Packard's HP-UX and the LAN Manager add on.

Actually the primary developer of the LAN Manager product was 3Com and it was based on a NOS that they had sold under the name 3+Share that used a modified version of DOS called MS-Net as their basis. 3COM originally released the product in 1988 as 3+Open LAN Manager with server support for OS/2 and client support for OS/2 and DOS with Apple Macintosh support added a little later, the company licensed the product soon thereafter to Microsoft and then it was known initially as 3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager but later as just LAN Manager or LAN Manager/X for the Unix versions with the name of the OEM (HP, IBM, MS et al) in front although 3Com continued to offer the product under the 3+Open name. 3Com lost interest in the product and by 1991 had sold their codebase to Microsoft who integrated the product into Windows NT Server.

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Original documentation

3COM/Microsoft Lan Manager NDIS 1.0.2 Preliminary draft - 1989
3+Open LAN Manager Installation and Setup Guide - 1989
3+Open MS OS2 LAN Manager User Guide - 1989
3+Open MS OS2 LAN Manager User Reference - 1989
3+Open MS OS2 LAN Manager Administrator Guide - 1989
3+Open MS OS2 LAN Manager Administrator Reference - 1989
3+Open MS OS2 Documentation Set - 1989
3+Open LAN Manager 1.0 Release Notes - 1988
3+Open LAN_Manager 1.1 Release Notes - 1989
3+Open Version 1.1 Maintenance Update Release Notes - 1990
3+Open Messages Guide - 1989
3+Open Version 1.1 Maintenance Update Instructions -1990

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-The name Lan Manager was used both for a network layer that was sold as an add on for OS/2 versions 1.x (and could run on later versions) and Unix systems and also a Network Operating System that combined a MicroSoft's or IBM' version of OS/2 server or Hewlett Packard's [[HP UX]] and the LAN Manager add on.
+The name LAN Manager was used both for a network layer that was sold as an add on for OS/2 versions 1.x (and could run on later versions) and Unix systems and also a Network Operating System that combined a Microsioft's or IBM' version of OS/2 server or Hewlett Packard's [[HP-UX]] and the LAN Manager add on.
-Actually the primary developer of the LAN Manager product was [[3COM]] and it was based on a [[NOS]] that they had sold under the name [[3+Share]] that used a modified version of DOS called [[MS-Net]] as their basis. 3COM originally released the product in 1988 as '''3+Open LAN Manager''' with server support for OS/2 and client support for OS/2 and DOS with [[Apple Macintosh]] support added a little later, the company licensed the product soon thereafter to MicroSoft and then it was known initially as '''3COM/Microsoft LAN Manager''' but later as just LAN Manager or LAN Manager/X for the Unix versions with the name of the OEM (HP, IBM, MS et al) in front although 3COM continued to offer the product under the 3+Open name. 3COM lost interest in the product and by 1991 had sold their codebase to MicroSoft who integrated the product into [[Windows NT Server]].
+Actually the primary developer of the LAN Manager product was [[3Com]] and it was based on a [[NOS]] that they had sold under the name [[3+Share]] that used a modified version of DOS called [[MS-Net]] as their basis. 3COM originally released the product in 1988 as '''3+Open LAN Manager''' with server support for OS/2 and client support for OS/2 and DOS with [[Apple Macintosh]] support added a little later, the company licensed the product soon thereafter to Microsoft and then it was known initially as '''3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager''' but later as just LAN Manager or LAN Manager/X for the Unix versions with the name of the OEM (HP, IBM, MS et al) in front although 3Com continued to offer the product under the 3+Open name. 3Com lost interest in the product and by 1991 had sold their codebase to Microsoft who integrated the product into [[Windows NT Server]].
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