Before revision: NE1000 8-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver) NE2000 16-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver) History In the late 1980s, Novell was looking to shed its hardware server business and transform its flagship NetWare product into a PC-based server operating system that was agnostic and independent of the physical network implementation and topology (Novell even referred to NetWare as a NOS, or " network operating system " ).
After revision: NE1000 8-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver) NE2000 16-bit ISA card (rev B, added AUI port for transceiver) History In the late 1980s, Novell was looking to shed its hardware server business and transform its flagship NetWare product into a PC-based server operating system that was agnostic and independent of the physical network implementation and topology (Novell even referred to NetWare as a NOS, or network operating system ).