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From: gill@eagle.sangamon.edu (Warren Gill)
Subject: Drivers for 3C509
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Organization: Sangamon State University
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:33:11 GMT


Where can I find the OBJ/LAN files for the 3Com Etherlink III / 3C509?

Thanks in advance.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Server Time
From: rmt@dstos3.dsto.gov.au (Russell Thamm)
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:05:27 CST
Organization: DSTOS

We have a Novell Server that doesn't keep time very well. It loses about 
half an hour per month which annoys the users. We haven't been able to work 
out how to speedup the hardware clock so we have been manually setting the 
clock every week (SET TIME).

Does anyone know of any software that would allow us to set the server time 
from another NOVELL server on a regular basis? 

I know that CHARON will let you set the server time from a TCP/IP time 
server but it only supports time zones that have an integral hour offset 
from GMT. South Australia is 9.5 hours ahead of GMT and so CHARON is of no 
use.

Please reply by EMAIL as our news feed has been very sporadic of late.

Thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: brian@SJF.Novell.COM (Brian Meek)
Subject: Re: LAN WorkGroup- Rapid Filer
Keywords: ftp
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Distribution: us
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:37:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.134450.16407@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> rdb1@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (bond,robert d) writes:
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
>Path: newsun!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!uunet!walter!porthos!hera!rdb1
>From: rdb1@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (bond,robert d)
>Subject: LAN WorkGroup- Rapid Filer
>Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
>Distribution: us
>Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 13:44:50 GMT
>Message-ID: <1993Jan22.134450.16407@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
>Keywords: ftp
>Sender: netnews@porthos.cc.bellcore.com (USENET System Software)
>Lines: 5
>Is the "Rapid Filer" ftp application provided with Novell's
>LAN WorkGroup package identical to the "File Express" ftp
>application found in LAN WorkPlace for DOS?
>
>Thanks in Advance!

Rapid Filer is the name applied to the latest (v4.1) version "File
Express" in both LWP v4.1 and LAN WorkGroup.

Apparently, "File Express" is trademarked by another company, although
our search in 1990 didn't find the conflict.

To clarify, all LWP v4.1 applications and features are found in LAN 
WorkGroup.  LAN WorkGroup is simply packaged specifically for NetWare
v3.11 installations along with a BOOTP server NLM.  LAN WorkPlace is
a more generic TCP/IP services package (we have customers using it in
the complete absence of NetWare).

-- brian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: pribik@aix.rpi.edu (Kristen Anne Pribis)
Subject: Adaptec AHA1740 Aben
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:48:36 GMT

I've been in the process of installing a Netware 3.11 LAN 100 user
utilizing a DFI 486/33 EISA Fileserver, an Adaptec AHA1740 SCSI
controller, an SMC Elite32 Ethernet card, 24MB RAM, a Maxtor 1.4GB
drive (not sure of model since I'm writing this from home - the
work day just never ends, does it?), and an assortment of other
cards (UPS Monitor Card, I/O Cards, Monochrome Monitor Card).
The Adaptec card is set to run at enhanced mode, with the BIOS
enabled at C800 (In Slot 1).  When I configure the computer to
use the full 24MB, as soon as Netware tries to mount SYS I get an
abend (parity error generated by the system board, I believe).
When I configure the computer for 16MB, everything is fine.  I
know Adaptecs have a rep for not liking memory above 16MB in the
15xx series, and setting the BIOS at c800 alleviates this problem,
but any ideas what the solution may be for an EISA machine?  I
tried reducing the transfer rate and turning off synch negotiation,
among other things.  Adaptec tech support is basically clueless.
One thing I noticed this evening is that the drive is set for ID 6,
but this isn't supposed to matter in enhanced mode (at least for
DOS, since the drive boots up OK).  Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

Preferably, e-mail me at the below address, or post a reply to this
group.  Thanks in advance.

Kristen Pribis
Director of Network Services
Albany Computerworks
From: mcollins@db (Marty Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: How come these NE3200s do not work?
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:23:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: novell.1993Jan26.182330.448
Organization: Novell, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge) writes:
: 
: I worked with Novell Tech Support on a similar problem - 2 NE3200's that
: wouldn't happily coexist.  Drove me crazy (me and about 120 LAN users...),
: and we finally concluded that the 2 cards couldn't coexist, even after
: trying several versions of the LAN drivers.  I've heard numerous reports to
: that effect.  I guess I'll have to get on NetWire and see if the driver
: there is the one I had.  (I had one that apparently wasn't fully tested, as
: I had to get a password to download it.)

You may have got the ne3200.lan v3.2 which uses the new specs for 4.0
Lan drivers. This version is not officialy release and hence the reason
for the password to get it. I would highly suggest using the version
prior which is 3.18.



: 
: It'd be nice to not have to return the second card, though I've been told
: that if I want good performance from an EISA card, the 3C509 is
: top-of-the-line because of the parallel I/O processors.  There won't be much
: on the segment besides the server and the router, so it would seem that I
: could take advantage of the card's ability to really pump the data out.
: Thoughts?
: 
: 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: jmbrown@netcom.com (John M. Brown)
Subject: Novell Requester for NT
Summary: Novell releases NT IPX requester for x86 platforms
Keywords: NT WINDOWS IPX NOVELL NETWARE
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:34:03 GMT

Novell has released an ALPHA version of its NT IPX requester for x86
platforms.  The file is called NWNT.ZIP and can be FTP'd from 
ftp.novell.com  or LIB 1 in NOVLIB on Compu$pend.

jmbrown@netcom.com

READ THE README FILE!!!!!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: nectar@world.std.com (Jacques A Vidrine)
Subject: Help! NETWARE+WFWG+PC SUPPORT/400
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:40:34 GMT

Ok, I'm looking for the following end result:

My client PCs must be able to access Netware, Windows
for Workgroups, and an AS/400 over token ring, all
concurrently.

The test configuration I am using is a PS/2 Model 56SLC2
with an IBM Token Ring Adapter 16/4.  The token ring
speed is 16 Mbps.

I have attempted two configurations, both which look good
on paper but fail.  I'll explain the failures as well.

1)

My first attempt was to first install Windows for Workgroups
with Netware connectivity, then to hack out PROTOCOL.INI and
CONFIG.SYS to accomodate IBM LAN Support 1.3.  I came out with
the following, basicly:

CONFIG.SYS
device=c:\windows\protman.dos /i:c:\windows
device=c:\windows\ibmtok.dos
device=c:\windows\workgrp.sys
device=c:\windows\msipx.sys
device=c:\lsp\dxma0mod.sys
device=c:\lsp\dxme0mod.sys

AUTOEXEC.BAT
c:\windows\net start
c:\windows\route
c:\windows\msipx
c:\windows\netx
c:\pcs\startrtr

Well, this works fine and well, except that when NETX is
executed, I get the message "A File Server cannot be found."
Referring to my Sniffer tells me that the client is sending
out requests for the nearest server, and that my two Netware 3.11
servers are responding.  It seems the client is ignoring the
response.

Since this didn't work, I tried a second configuration:

2)

I decided I would use Novell's ODINSUP.  I thought this would
be great because I'd be able to use my LWP for DOS, too :-)!
So the story goes,

CONFIG.SYS
device=c:\windows\protman.dos /i:c:\windows
device=c:\windows\workgrp.sys
device=c:\lsp\dxma0mod.sys
device=c:\lsp\dxme0mod.sys

AUTOEXEC.BAT
c:\wkstn\lsl
c:\wkstn\token
c:\wkstn\route
c:\wkstn\odinsup
c:\wkstn\ipxodi
c:\wkstn\netx
c:\windows\net start
c:\pcs\startrtr

This seemed to work great at first.  Each command completed
successfully.  I could access my Netware servers and all
functions of Windows for Workgroups worked.  STARTRTR indicated
that it had contacted my AS/400.

But then, I started up Rumba/400 (this is why I need PC Support/400).
When I told Rumba to connect, the system locked up, mouse and all.


Could someone please help me?  I'm just about at wits end.
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From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Can Novell support 75+ workstations?
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:23:09 GMT
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.

a9@public.btr.com (Ashar Nisar) writes:

>Question: What is the MAXIMUM number of workstations that a  486 MSDOS server
>can handle and still give reasonable performance with Novell network?

>We want to setup a lab with 486 50Mhz (or better) file servers and
>286 DOS workstations for students doing (mostly) editing and compiling.
>The number of workstations will be anywhere from 75 - 100.

>Any information and suggestions about the optimal way to handle 75+
>workstations with a server (or maybe we will need more than one)
>wil be appreciated.

>I contaced a local Novell dealer and he told me that they only sell
>network hardware for upto 20 users. According to him a 50 user system
>is also out there but is not common (so he does not carry it).

>Is it possible (at all) to have a 75+ workstations system?

>Thanks

>Ashar Nisar
>a9@btr.com


This is trivial.  I had Netware servers that handled 100 stations in
the days of 286 servers and Netware 2.x.

The 486 server that you are discussing can easily handle 250 users *if*
you put the proper peripherals into it.  The most important things
to look at in the server are Network Adapters and disk systemts.  Get
very fast, preferably EISA, controllers.  If your users will be banging
the network hard (e.g., heavy database access) you may want to subnet
by putting 2 or more NICs in the server.  Get fast disks, and make sure
that you have enough RAM (use the worksheet in the installation guide
to find out the minimum, and then add some above that).

Actually, Netware networks with >50 stations are quite common.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: cmsedore@namaste.syr.edu (Christopher M Sedore)
Subject: Re: Can Novell support 75+ workstations?
Reply-To: cmsedore@namaste.syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:13:25 EST

In article AA06174@public.btr.com.BTR.COM, a9@public.btr.com (Ashar Nisar) writes:
>
>
>Question: What is the MAXIMUM number of workstations that a  486 MSDOS server
>can handle and still give reasonable performance with Novell network?
>
>We want to setup a lab with 486 50Mhz (or better) file servers and
>286 DOS workstations for students doing (mostly) editing and compiling.
>The number of workstations will be anywhere from 75 - 100.
>
>Any information and suggestions about the optimal way to handle 75+
>workstations with a server (or maybe we will need more than one)
>wil be appreciated.
>
>I contaced a local Novell dealer and he told me that they only sell
>network hardware for upto 20 users. According to him a 50 user system
>is also out there but is not common (so he does not carry it).
>
>Is it possible (at all) to have a 75+ workstations system?
>
>Thanks
>
>Ashar Nisar
>a9@btr.com
>


A colleague of mine and I just designed and implemented a new public computer lab system.  We have three 486-33 EISA servers, Adaptec 1742 SCSI disk controllers, 32MB RAM, NE2000 ethernets (bought NE3200s...threw them on the shelf after 3 weeks).  Each of these currently supports about 80 mixed Mac and Diskless Windows clients.  We have
yet to have a single performance complaint.  We will probably upgrade to 3c509 ethernets in the near future (or at least WD/SMCs).

-Chris

Chris Sedore
Network Systems,
Syracuse University
From: shepard@sampson.ccsf.caltech.edu (Ron Shepard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.alliant
Subject: Software Upgrade.  Comments?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:06:23 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sampson.ccsf.caltech.edu

I'm about to upgrade an Alliant FX2800 to Concentrix 3.0.00 including
FX/C 3.0 and FX/FORTRAN 3.0.  I'm curious if anyone has experience
with this upgrade, and if there's anything important that I should
know that's not in the installation notes.

Thanks for any info.

-Ron Shepard
shepard@tcg.anl.gov
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc:1108 comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer:802 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:37049
From: koopal@fwi.uva.nl (Andre Koopal)
Subject: 486DX versus 486DX2
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 12:56:13 GMT

My brother wants to buy a new computer. He wants to run 'heavy' software
as big jobs in Mathematica and a numerical evaluation program. This kind
of jobs are very calculate sensitive. But they also work with large 
matrices so they have to do lots of memoryaccess. (The arrays are larger
than the cache).

Now he is wondering, what wil run faster for him, a 486 DX-50 MhZ who can
faster access memory (on 50 MhZ) or a 486 DX2-66 MhZ whose processor runs
faster, but access to memory is at 33 MhZ. The prices doesn't differ mutch,
at least here in holland, so he is just wondering.

Thanks in Advance,

Andre

I will post a summery if there is enough e-mail reply.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Removin UNMOVABLE clusters ???
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:08:53 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.

ph12hucg@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Carsten Grammes) writes:

>On my HD I have recently found a lot of lost clusters. By using Norton 5.0
>Disk Doctor I fixed the problem and thought it solved. But when running
>SpeedDisk I saw that about 20MB of 120MB where marked as unmovable lost
>clusters.

When you start up SpeedDisk, go into the Info menu and select Walk Map.
Then point at some of the unmovable clusters and you'll be shown the
filenames that they belong to.  Your job is to figure out why these
files are considered unmoveable, and either correct it or not.  There
are legitimate reasons for files to be unmoveable on a disk, and your
files may or may not be moveable.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: fles0092@rz.uni-hildesheim.de (Frank Leskova)
Subject: ATM and TT Fonts
Reply-To: fles0092@rz.uni-hildesheim.de
Organization: Universitaet Hildesheim, RZ
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:49:36 GMT

Hi,

does anyone know an FTP server which carries ATM and/or TrueType Fonts?
Please send any Addresses via E-Mail, as I don't read this group very
often.
I could summarize all addresses and post them, if anyone wants that...

Thanks,

Frank

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Stacker 3.0 Problems
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:49 UT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I have Stacker 3.0, but I'm afraid to install it because the Preview
program that comes with Stacker doesn't work right.  I have a 386 25MhZ 
with two 213 MB Connor
hard disks and MS DOS 5.0.  The first hard drive is partitioned into
2 parts, C drive is 32MB, and the E drive is 181 MB.  The second
hard drive is my D drive and is a single partition (213 MB).  I've had
this configuration for about 3 years now, and have had no problems
with the hard disks.  The hard disks are about 90% full.  

The problem with Preview is this.  It runs fine with the C drive, though
it report a rather low 1-1.5 compression.  When I run it on my D drive,
it runs for while, then simply exits.  No messages, no errors, nothing.
I've run it several times, and every time it gets maybe 50% or 73% or
80% through the disk, and does its mysterious exit.  Anyone ever
experience this?  Then when I run Preview on my E drive, it goes through
the entire drive, but it does not *stop* and keeps on going forever.  It 
goes way past the 181 MB limit, and I've let it run for 2 hours before 
stopping it when it says my E drive is 500MB.  Now, if the Preview
program is having these problems, I'm sure as heck not going to
install Stacker on my hard disks because I feel it will corrupt them.
Can anyone offer any help or suggestions?
From: ph12hucg@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Carsten Grammes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Info on Seagate ST-412 Hard-drive
Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:41:48 GMT
Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes,Rechenzentrum
NNTP-Posting-Host: sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de

phillyg@acs.bu.edu (Khoa Nguyen) writes:
> I recently picked up this drive at an auction, but it didn't come
> with any documentation.  If anyone knows what kind of drive this is
> and the settings for it, I would be grateful.
> 
As questions like yours about BIOS and/or Jumper settings for IDE
Harddisks are very common, I'm collecting data and publishing them
regularly as posting 'List of IDE Harddisk specs' on
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.

Check out for it, it could contain a solution to your problem!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: rbatra@uceng.uc.edu (Rajesh Batra)
Subject: Coprocessor patch for the ibm?
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:40:32 GMT


Hi,
	I have a program that requires a math coprocessor, but unfortunately
	do not own one.
	I was wondering if there is a software patch that would intercept
	calls to the math coprocessor and emulate it via software much like
	software-fpu on the Macintosh.


					Thanks for you time,

					Rajesh Batra
					rbatra@uceng.uc.edu
From: marklc@umbc.edu (Mr. Mark L. Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Stacker vs. Superstor
Date: 21 Jan 1993 10:21:30 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

I have been using Stacker 2.0 for the last year or so and I have had no 
problems at all that weren't my fault.  The one thing that I did do was
to repartition my hard disk.  On my 200MB drive, I decided that I would
use 160 MB for my Stacker drive and then I left 40 MB unstacked.  What I
do is install all my applications on the Stacker drive and I put all my
data on the unstacked drive.  This not only helps me stay organized, but
if for whatever reason the Stacker drive gets corrupted, I just need to
restore my applications.  

  Mark Cohen
  marklc@umbc4.umbc.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.compression,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc
From: eng10205@nusunix1.nus.sg (LING SIEW WEE)
Subject: Re: XtraDrive vs Stacker and Superstor
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:51:47 GMT

Michael Kaufman (mkaufman@mcs.kent.edu) wrote:
: What sort of problems did your friend have with v3.0???
: I'm using it now and ahve had absolutly no problems at all.  In fact, 
: I think it's one of the best things out!
: 
: Mike
: 
: 
: mkaufman@mcs.kent.edu
Yes I fully agree with you, I don't have any problem with Stacker 3.0 I
ran many software and I don't experience any conficts or whatever. I
fact I am using hyperdisk as disk caching as well. (But don't use
smartdrive because I think it cannot work with stacker). 


Wilfred Ling



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