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by: candycane - Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:12 UTC

51> I *may* still have the big red box containing
51> Novell for DOS - and all the manuals.

51> Yep, drive shares for early DOS !!! Coax cable.

51> "LanTastic" came along a little later, for about
51> a tenth the cost, and only needed a small manual.

Was it reliable?

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by: The Natural Philosop - Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:31 UTC

On 24/08/2023 09:12, candycane wrote:
> 51> I *may* still have the big red box containing
> 51> Novell for DOS - and all the manuals.
>
> 51> Yep, drive shares for early DOS !!! Coax cable.
>
> 51> "LanTastic" came along a little later, for about
> 51> a tenth the cost, and only needed a small manual.
>
> Was it reliable?
>

Netware certainly was reliable. Even over wide area links. Better than
Microsofts lan manager at that time

I am not sure I ever used lantastic or encountered it.

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Re: Why Is Linux So LARGE	candycane
Re: Why Is Linux So LARGE	The Natural Philosopher