To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:17:07 -0800
Subject: Re: Personal Netware (was DR-MOUSE, DPMS, 20 GIG HD ETC...
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From: Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

In addition to correction below ,  you can turn your PC into a Personal
Netware server.  For others to access that server, you load the
SERVER.EXE file into your PC's memory.  You can do this at the DOS prompt
or by use of STARTNET.BAT during startup.  Your PC then has all the same
networking server functionality and features as it would if you bought
and installed Personal Netware as a seperate product.  

Installing Novell DOS7 automatically gives you a series of files that
constitute Novell's Netware Universal Client.  The universal client
enables you to access any Novell Netware or Novell Personal  Netware
server from any PC. 

The Netware Universal Client (referred to as 'the client') replaces files
previously known as the Netware Shell. To run the Netware Shell requires
two specific files:  

NETx.COM (the shell file)
IPX.COM (delivery of networking requests) 

The client consists primarily of the VLM manager (VLM.EXE), 
a series of Virtual Loadable Modules (VLM), all of which end in 
the .VLM extension, and other files including the LSL.COM, the 
IPXODI.COM, and individual LAN drivers for your network 
boards. 

The client is a redirector, and unlike the old Netware Shell it is
modular, and is backward compatible, and can replace the old Netware
Shell without causing problems in your existing 
networking environment.  

If you install Personal Netware and use your PC as a server in a 
Novell big Netware or Personal Netware environment, then you 
have truly integrated networking environment . 

Personal Netware is a Peer-Server based network operating 
system .

See correction below:  

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:33:06 -0800 Robert W Moss <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
writes:
> From 'Inside Personal Netware', by Dorothy Cady, New Riders 
> Publishing,
> 1991, ISBN 1-56205-232-2: 
> 
> Personal Netware for DOS and Windows is fully compatible with 
> Novell's
> other networking products, beginning with Netware 2.2. 
> It is not compatible with Netware 2.15 or below nor is it compatible 
> with
> Netware Lite.
> 
> Personal Netware can coexist with any of the following non 
> compatible
> systems, but cannot a server running these products. 

The above line should read "cannot access a server"

> LAN Server
> LAN Manager 
> Artisoft Lantastic 
> Banyan Vines 
> Windows for Workgroups 3.1 
> Novell Netware 2.15 and earlier 
> Netware Lite 
> 
> You can upgrade Netware Lite and preserve or remove your Netware 
> Lite
> system.  You still cannot use either system to access the other.  No
> other systems can be upgraded to Personal Netware. 
> 

BOB 'DOMAN' MOSS
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