Excavating
Patent
1992-08-25
1995-09-12
Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
Excavating
371 205, 371 204, 370 15, G06F 1100, H04J 116
Patent
active
054504163
ABSTRACT:
An improved apparatus and method for isolating faults in a complex communications network such as a collision-detection network. A wrap plug connected to a communications adapter of a computer system simulates multiple functions of the network environment, rather than a single, hardwired function. A method performs a comprehensive yet convenient diagnostic test of multiple functions of the adapter while a terminal is disconnected from the network.
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Bowcutt Roy A.
Igel Stephen M.
Krapohl Walter P.
Lunia Pankaj S.
Anglin J. Michael
Beausoliel, Jr. Robert W.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Tu Trinh
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