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Message-ID: <3560536A.71BF4C88@wunif.k12.ca.us>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 08:27:39 -0700
From: Dennis Holley <dholley AT wunif DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us>
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To: Andrew Jardine <ajardine AT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca>
CC: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: personal netware under '95?
References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 19980516214658 DOT 00794750 AT mailserv DOT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca>

Andrew Jardine wrote:

> Just a thought, but I've got two computers talking quite nicely under
> personal netware, but I'd really like the server to run a few programs
>
> (Ready to Read with Winnie the Pooh to be precise) at the same time as
> I
> run a boring dos accounting program on the client.  I've tried to fire
> up
> startnet.bat in a dos window in '95 without success (seems to stop
> while
> loading SERVER or maybe VLM).  I lifted the nwclient and nwcntl
> directories
> off the partition where they were working under drdos and just dropped
> them
> into the same spots on the win '95 partition.   anyone know if such a
> marraige of '95 and drdos networking stuff is possible?

 Andrew,

Yes, it is quite possible....we have 95 running here on a drdos network,
and it is very effective.  However, it takes some doing...you'll have to
force 95 to use startup files, and do some extensive tuning of them.


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