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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.

Versions

1987: MS OS/2 LAN Manager 1.0 (Basic/Enhanced)
1989: MS OS/2 LAN Manager 1.1
1991: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.0
1992: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.1
1993: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2
1994: Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager 2.2a

OEM

3Com

Oct 1988: 3+Open LAN Manager 1.0
Sep 1989: 3+Open LAN Manager 1.1

Hewlett Packard

1990: HP LAN Manager 1.1

Torus Systems

1988: Tapestry II LAN Manager

Ungermann-Bass

Oct 1988: Net/One MS OS/2 LAN Manager

Publications

Ryan: LAN Manager: A Programmer's Guide - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-166-7
Microsoft LAN Manager Programmer's Reference - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-313-9
Blanda: Using Microsoft LAN Manager - Que 1991, ISBN 0-88022-684-6
Michael Day: Troubleshooting LAN Manager 2.0 - M&T Books 1991, ISBN 1-55851-161-X
Currid: Understanding Microsoft LAN Manager 2.0 - Sybex 1992, ISBN 0-89588-810-6
Don Baarnes, Mike Wirsching: Inside LAN Manager - New Riders 1992, ISBN 1-56205-023-0

Original documentation

3Com/Microsoft LAN Manager NDIS 1.0.2 Preliminary Draft - 1989

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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 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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