Subj : Re: Novell NetWare :)
To   : goto_KCM
From : acn
Date : Fri Jun 04 2021 10:30:00

Am 03.06.21 schrieb goto_KCM@21:1/218 in FSX_RETRO:

Hallo goto_Kcm,

gK> Novell NetWare 3.12 was the firs network operating system in saw.
gK> We used it in my parents company to connect the Windows 3.11 for
gK> Workgroups Clients. IPX/SPX was the used protocol.

Yep, exactly :)
At my school, we started with Win95 PCs (Pentium-75 pizzaboxes from  
Siemens-Nixdorf).
My first task at the job that I had during my last school years was to  
migrate the DOS/Win3.1 systems there to Win95 (or Win98, I don't remember  
it now) :)

ac>> I liked the system a lot, at first it used 10 MBit/s coax networking and
ac>> later was upgraded to RJ45 cables.
gK> Oh yes, the BNC cable with the terminators on both ends.

Yep :) It was a really funny time. Just imagine a room full of  
schoolchildren (and a teacher) and someone disconnects the bus at his/her  
workstation. Yay.
And another problem we had with the BNC network: The school contracted a  
local computer shop owner to install the network (cables, connectors,  
NICs). But he obviously either didn't know what he was doing or had bad  
tools - because half of the BNC connectors on the cables he provided just  
fell off some time after installation. Yay :)

ac>> I've found used NetWare packages at eBay and I've set up an ESXi server
ac>> on an old PC here and installed NetWare 3.12 :)
gK> I used to run it on my old 386 Compaq and run my own NetWare Server.

*thumbs-up*

Regards,
Anna

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