From: JRD@USU.BITNET (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Subject: Re: List of Novell Approved Machines,
              List of Novell Approved Dealers
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:02:32 GMT
Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
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>I am looking for two pieces of information.  I have checked the FAQ and recent
>postings to no avail so here goes:
>
>1) Where can I get a list of Novell approved machines?
>      (presumably this would be a large file with approval for different
>       types of machines for different purposes)

        novlib\11, see the long list of files, especially IMSP_*.* which
        cover many kinds of devices and report on each tested item.

>2) Where can I get a list of Novell approved dealers?
>      (ie who is allowed to give Novell courses in country X,
>          who is allowed to sell the Novell product in country X)

        I dunno; Novell probably ("see your nearest dealer").
        The list probably changes by the hour.

>Now presumably these can be found on the sites that mirror the novell ftp
>server.  I could not locate them.  Therefore a subsidiary question would be:
>
>3) How do you look for a file on the novell mirror sites?

        Obtain a copy of FORUM.ZIP (or the expanded .DOS text file). We will
be reorganizing the directories associated with novlib and individual 3rd
party packages to have a standard directory layout, plus whatever help we
can offer to locate items. Forum.zip is in forum 01. Novchg.92 is there too.
        If things are in good shape then at least some mirror sites will
offer Gopher service to these directories. As an experiment you can see
netlab2 by Gopher-ing to GOPHER.USU.EDU, but realize the new layout is not
in place (I'm totally zonked by NetWorld/Dallas). Similarly, before the
shift I have WHATIS.nn files at the top of novlib; these list the files
located within .ZIP archives, by forum number. Netlab2 shows files using
DOS name space; thus an ftp BINARY transfer to a DOS machine is safe for
all kinds of files.
        The novlib area changes daily but mirror sites will not be able to
be update that frequently. Further, time/date stamps on mirror site files
will be that of the ftp transfer rather than that at the primary Novell site.
Please be sensitive to file contents being replaced under the same filename;
go by file name and size together. I think it is reasonable to not ask a
site maintainer to find or send files to you because the normal workload of
keeping the archive current is substantial.
        The new organization will be listed in the FAQ once it has become
an accomplished fact.

>The index information (as far as I discovered) is minimal and one ends up
>having to download .zip files to see what's in them!  Of course I could have
>missed the obvious "this_is_the_index_you_eejit" file.  I did look in the FAQ
>first, and in obvious index type files.

        'Tis a lot of files, and more MB.
        Joe D.

>Thanks a million, M\'iche\'al
        Have to start using Unicode Micheal, to practice for NW v4.0.
>
>Micheal O Foghlu            (My name is        Tel:    +353 91 24411 x 3161
>Computer Services            pronounced        Fax:    +353 91 25700
>University College Galway   "Me-Haul Oh
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