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From: U5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (CARDIOLOGY, R.M.H.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Need info on NOVELL LANS on IBM "Clones"
Message-ID: <1373@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 10 Dec 90 06:06:01 GMT
References: <1990Dec9.210208.12136@unixland.uucp> <2499@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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> In article <1990Dec9.210208.12136@unixland.uucp>, matt@unixland.uucp (Matt Harvey) writes:
>> Will NOVELL networks work properly on non-ibm machines, or do they
>> need to run on "real IBM" hardware?  A sales rep has indicated
>> that we need to purchase IBM hardware in order to utilize NOVELL
>> networking.  Is this true?  If not, what clones will NOVELL work
>> properly with?
> 

We have a Novell Advanced Netware system here running on a Unisys server and a
variety of clone workstations.  The only problems we had were finding spare
IRQ lines and I/O address space for the ethernet cards.

I'd say it's time you found a new sales rep.

Peter Summers