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DALLAS, October 15, 1991 ... The ARCNET Trade Association (ATA) has
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petitioned the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for approval
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of the ATA's "ARCNET Local Area Network Standard" as an ANSI standard.
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ATA officials say should the process continue its present course, final
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adoption of the standard by ANSI's executive committee should take place
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by late 1991 or early 1992. The ATA, which has been approved by ANSI as a
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standards developing body, is in the midst of ANSI's canvass process to
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obtain approval of the ARCNET protocol as a U.S. standard.
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The ARCNET Standard was generated under documented, strict adherence to due
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process rules of committee review and consensus standards development
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customarily used by standards-developing bodies. Participation in the
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process was open to all ATA members and others having direct and material
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interest in the standard. Before announced review meetings, drafts were
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circulated to all members. During the meetings, all comments were
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discussed, resolved, and documented for inclusion in the subsequent
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revision.
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Revision 1.6--the version which has been circulated in the ANSI canvass
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process--was approved by the ATA board which authorized the document to be
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published for dissemination to interested LAN technology users.
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ARCNET, which was introduced in 1977, today is supported by more than 50
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supplied and has an installed base approaching four million nodes in more
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than 300,000 networks. Most manufacturers offer ARCNET products under
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their proprietary names, giving ARCNET a low profile in its thousands of
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office and factory floor applications. Currently, between 750,000 and one
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million ARCNET nodes are being shipped annually for installation in tens
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of thousands of networks.
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The ATA is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1987 to increase
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visibility, support and development of this widely-installed LAN
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technology.
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Copies of the standard are available from the ATA office at the address
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below. The non-member price is $75, and the member price is $55. There is
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an additional $10 charge for shipping and handling.
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ARCNET Trade Association
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3365 N. Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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708-255-3003; fax 708-577-7276
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