Yes, there's still at least one person who uses Token Ring--me. I'm one of those folks who can't bear to see anything even remotely useful be tossed out...and as such, I have collected a ton of very high end token ring equipment over the years.
Until recently, the stuff sat around, waiting for me to find a way to link it with my existing Ethernet stuff. I twiddled with routing between networks, but didn't like how it turned out.
And then I found an IBM 8229 LAN bridge with one Ethernet board and one single-interface TR board...plugged it in...and suddenly two worlds were united seamlessly. Almost every new node on my network has been on the token ring side. Just recently I put in a second bridge (made from a PS/2 Model 50 and the IBM TR bridge program from the early 90s) to link the 16Mbit ring with a 4Mbit ring for my vintage computer stuff.
I think State Farm Insurance used token ring for a while. Whether or not they still do, I couldn't say. However, I once worked cleaning up computers that they donated to schools and other educational institutions. 90% of them had Olicom 16/4 PCI TR cards in place.
Despite having some "ICS to RJ45" converter plugs that say "100" on them, I've never seen any 100 megabit TR gear.
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Yes, there's still at least one person who uses Token Ring--me. I'm one of those folks who can't bear to see anything even remotely useful be tossed out...and as such, I have collected a ton of very high end token ring equipment over the years. Until recently, the stuff sat around, waiting for me to find a way to link it with my existing Ethernet stuff. I twiddled with routing between networks, but didn't like how it turned out. And then I found an IBM 8229 LAN bridge with one Ethernet board and one single-interface TR board...plugged it in...and suddenly two worlds were united seamlessly. Almost every new node on my network has been on the token ring side. Just recently I put in a second bridge (made from a PS/2 Model 50 and the IBM TR bridge program from the early 90s) to link the 16Mbit ring with a 4Mbit ring for my vintage computer stuff. I think State Farm Insurance used token ring for a while. Whether or not they still do, I couldn't say. However, I once worked cleaning up computers that they donated to schools and other educational institutions. 90% of them had Olicom 16/4 PCI TR cards in place. Despite having some "ICS to RJ45" converter plugs that say "100" on them, I've never seen any 100 megabit TR gear.