Subj : Novell NetWare :)
To   : All
From : acn
Date : Wed Jun 02 2021 14:58:00

Hi,

In the mid-90s, I started my "career" in IT by getting to know Novell  
NetWare (4.11) and helping setting up the first computer network in my  
high school (while I was in 10th class).

I liked the system a lot, at first it used 10 MBit/s coax networking and  
later was upgraded to RJ45 cables.
We've set up a pretty nice Novell system with Windows 95 (and later 98 and  
NT) clients.

I'm pretty proud that the base installation of the NetWare server started  
in my basement and got transferred to my school :)

This knowledge helped me pretty much, as I got a job during my last years  
in school and during my studies (computer sciences) - administering the  
Novell network of a radiologist in my home town with two branches attached  
via ISDN and later via lease lines (1 MBit/s) :)
And this helped me getting my first job in 2006, at a Novell partner.

But I quit this job in 2007, this has been the last time I've used a  
Novell system.

....until now! :)

I've found used NetWare packages at eBay and I've set up an ESXi server on  
an old PC here and installed NetWare 3.12 :)
As a client, I'm using Win98 in another VM - and it works as fine and easy  
as I remember it :)

Also, I got my Lexmark X736de laserprinter attached to it! It's very nice  
that this printer still supports IPX and is able to attach to a NetWare  
server in RPRINTER mode.
Printing from Win98 just worked (using a PostScript printer driver) :)

I'm very happy that this is working and that I even got the patches  
installed :)

Are any more NetWare users here? :)

Regards,
Anna

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