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Man42

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[Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« on: July 02, 2025, 10:07:32 pm »
Hello everyone.

I am interested in the detailed chronology of LAN Manager.
I have a few questions about this, I hope someone can add to my limited knowledge.
Also, I will provide the information I know. I hope that someone will be able to add.

My preliminary list versions:
– 1.00 (Client), available on WinWorld, it is unknown how complete and which OEM.
– 1.00 (Server) [3Com OEM], https://www.ebay.com/itm/285131666010 , The "slightly" high price
– 1.01 (Server) [Nokia OEM], https://archive.org/details/nokia-ms-lan-manager , presumably, two floppy disks with drivers are missing, which can be obtained from the Nokia OS/2 1.10 distribution.
– 1.10 (Server).[3Com OEM], available in Warez sources uploaded a year ago, slightly damaged.
– 2.00 (Server) (1990-06-28), Microsoft version, only the latest disk is available https://archive.org/details/doswksta7
– 2.00 (Server) (1990-11-29), it is unknown whether OEM or Generic. It is unknown why there are two editions. https://winworldpc.com/download/5d7a42cb-9ce2-82ac-c3bd-11c3a5c28f13
– 2.10 (Server). Released in 1992, missing
– 2.10a (Server). Released in 8/1992, missing
– 2.10c (Client), for PC-98
– 2.20 (Server) (English-US) https://archive.org/details/microsoft-lan-manager-2.2, missing OS/2 disks
– 2.20 (Server) (French),it's not very high-quality, but a good dump is available on Win3x.org
– 2.20a (Server), available in wareze sources
– 2.20b (Server, patch). Update patch for 2.20/2.20A
– 2.20c (Client).

Server versions 1.0/1.1 were equipped with a special version of OS/2 Server Adaptation (SA). OS/2 SA 1.10 has already been found (1.01 Nokia, 1.10 3Com). Presumably, there was an OS/2 release of 1.00 SA.

What I want to find:
– Any additions to my list (photos, another versions, another OEMs)
– Distributions of releases that I do not have
– LM distribution package 1.00, which presumably includes OS/2 1.0 SA
–information about localizations. Were LAN Manager versions 2.1/2.2 the only localized releases of LM?
–What is the reason for the existence of two versions 2.00?
–If I have any mistakes, I will be glad if you correct them.

And also, I want to get an answer to the question:
Explain which editions of LAN Manager actually existed?
You can often (always) find LM distributions on the Internet that don't have all the components. And the question arises, was it really a stripped-down edition, or did those who downloaded it exclude some of the floppy disks from the package for some reason?
I know for sure that there were two editions:
– LAN Manager Server (For example, 2.2). It includes DOS Workstation, OS/2 Workstation, OS/2 Server drivers, protocols for Netware and WfW.
– LAN Manager Client (for example, 2.2c). There are only DOS Workstation and OS/2 Workstation floppy disks.
Were there any other editions?
Workstation = Client?
did I understand correctly that the Client versions do not include OS/2?

Sorry for the complicated query. I hope for your  help.

P.S. Does anyone have versions of MS-NET/MS NETWORK? This is a topic for future study, so far I have not touched it. In the case of MS-Net, nothing is clear at all.

Best regards.
–Man42

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2025, 04:31:19 pm »
Not sure if this is of any interest to you.
I own an IBM OS/2 LAN Server for Macintosh Version 1.01 (german Version).

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2025, 05:09:07 pm »
To be honest, I've never heard of such a version. I think it's something unique.

In general, sooner or later I will start to figure out the IBM LAN Server. I would like more information about the product you mentioned. It's something rare and unique. Moreover, this is a localized version.

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2025, 08:28:34 pm »
Hi Thomas
Not sure if this is of any interest to you.
I own an IBM OS/2 LAN Server for Macintosh Version 1.01 (german Version).

Please feel free to post images of the box, the diskettes, the contents and any part numbers that you may found on it. I will also include it on the OS2World wiki.

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2025, 12:27:03 pm »
Here are some pictures of the mentioned Software package.
« Last Edit: July 10, 2025, 08:37:23 pm by Thomas M. »

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2025, 08:36:22 pm »
UPS, sorry! The first five pictures were not ment to be sent. I deleted them.
« Last Edit: July 10, 2025, 08:38:10 pm by Thomas M. »

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Re: [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2025, 06:43:51 pm »
To get at the history of things (such as OP's MS-NET or LanMan categories), I usually rummage through sources like:

- wikipedia:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-Net
- old books (sometimes online)

These are loaded with references, resources, links, etc., and you will lose hours of your life rummaging ... sorry about that! For example, the above wikipedia link will launch you into more protocols, nos's, and details than you might have wanted, so I'll let you decide how far down the rabbit hole you want to go.

Many might think MS invented *all* of DOS, OS/2, NetBIOS/NetBEUI, MS-NET, SMB, Lan Manager, and so on ... as you rummage, you'll find the "originators or partners" of all of the above, where MS got a jump start, or partnered with someone else to get the ball rolling. For example:

  "BAF Protocol: The very first name for the protocol formerly known as SMB. The SMB protocol was originally developed by Dr. Barry A. Feigenbaum at IBM and, according to legend, was originally given his initials. It was later renamed SMB and, more recently, CIFS." (repeated in several sources I've found, so most likely "true" ***)

BIO: I've seen much, since the early '80's ... built my first 286 pc with dos, wordperfect, autocad in the '80's, then into unix workstations and pc's with pc-nfs (and "thick ethernet") in the mid-80's. At Sematech starting in '87/'88, ran networks of 100's (near 1000's) of PS/2's with dos, os/2, ms-net (fileservers), lan manager, and built all kinds of UNIX workstations (SUN, HP, IBM, and more). We "networked" (tied in) with the internet via the University of Texas at Austin in those days, until we got our own pipes to the budding "internet". Lots of fun (seriously) ...

Software: still going through hundreds, if not 1000's of diskettes, cd's, etc., converting to digitial (about 90 to 95% success rate). What others haven't already put on archive.org ...

Virtualization: allows me to fiddle again with all this old stuff ... while there's pc's, ps/2's, and unix in my storage containers, rebuilding it all in Virtualbox and similar is just so much easier these days, and allows many new possibilities ... such as AToF (run OS/2 problem-free, with 64-bit apps, modern browsers, etc.: see the virtualization sub-forum on OS2World!)

Enjoy the long and winding road ...

*** "As best I can tell after lots of rummaging ... YMMV ... trust but verify!
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