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From: Ken_C_Neubauer@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Novell Ethernet card running PC-NFS
Message-ID: <31227@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 15:31:07 GMT
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Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>We have a number of PC's running Novell, which have Novell
>supplied Ethernet cards. We wish to keep the cards, and
>move the PC's over to a TCP/IP network running PC-NFS.
>
>I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under
>PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available
>that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS?
>
>The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C.
>
>Thanks for the help,
>
>Andrew McRae


You do not have a very good Novell salesman. Unless you are hung-
up on Sun's PC-NFS, a better solution may be Novell's TCP/IP product,
and along with that you can add the NFS software ontop of Novell's
TCP/IP.

If you are interested here are the details;

Wyle Laboratories
(408)727-2500
(They are a distributor for Novell products)

Lan Workplace for DOS	9870094-00	$263.00
TCP/IP			9870093-00	$ 94.00


Beame & Whiteside Software
(416)648-6556	{Note that this is in Canada)

BWNFS-Excelan				$200.00


I think you will find this combination a suitable replacement for
Sun's PC-NFS. The Novell products are also available for OS/2, but
Beame & Whiteside have no present plans of porting their NFS to OS/2,
but then I doubt that Sun has any plans of porting PC-NFS to OS/2 either!
It is a little more expensive then Sun's PS-NFS $395 compared to $557,
but it is less memory entensive and MUCH easier to install

Ken Neubauer

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with either Novell/Wyle or Beame &
	Whiteside, I am only passing on my experiences with the
	above products and also 3 years of experience with Sun's PC-NFS.