From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	DJGPP AT SUN DOT SOE DOT CLARKSON DOT EDU
Date:	Sat, 1 Apr 1995 10:31:26 GMT
Subject:	Djgpp versus Windows versus Novell Netware

> The only significant difference [...] is that at work NetWare is loaded.

Morten Welinder (terra AT diku DOT dk) wrote:
> Some older versions of netware trashed the upper word of Eax in the timer
> tick interrupt. (Quality software...) Write a small assembly program to test
> for it.

Which number versions of Novell are faulty? How to get updates of it? How can
I easily find which version of it I have?

Nigel Stephens <nigel AT algor DOT co DOT uk> replied:-
> Interesting! I always wondered why GO32-programs were so flaky under
> Netware. Does anyone know at which Netware revision this was fixed?

I have Windows for Workgroups (version 3.11 or 3.1.1). I am on a novell net,
but I log in on it myself, the login instruction is not in AUTOEXEC.BAT . When
just now I entered Windows and clicked the `MSDOS' icon, this happened, even
without djgpp being involved anywhere:-

Before logging in to the server:
  - in DOS-within-Windows, the DOS prompt was exactly as in plain DOS, it
included the current directory name.

While logged in to the server:
  - in DOS-within-Windows, the DOS prompt was simply `C>'

After logging out from the server:
  - The first time I clicked the MSDOS icon I got a Windows message
"application failure", and the Windows icons-&-windows display returned.
  - The second time I tried, in DOS-within-Windows, the DOS prompt was `C>'.

Please what is happening??? Millions of people use Novell Netware!! and it
still seems to clash with things. It looks like the bug is in the Novell
Netware: where can I email about information about it? What is Novell's email
(and postal) address?? When will it be put right?

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