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From: pcb@cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Evaluating machines for win3, netware, tcpip
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Date: 21 Mar 91 23:03:16 GMT
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I have been selected to recommend new machines for a lab that
will run windows 3.0, netware, and tcpip drivers.  I have two
labs composed of ps/2 70 & 80s (MCA) and Compaq 325/3's.  The ps/2's
have ungermann bass nicps2 ethernet cards and the compaq's have 3com's.
My current configuration consists of loading packet drivers, loading
modified ipx and net3.  Under windows I can access netware, or
use ncsa telbin and ftpbin OR wnqvtnet.  Everything is relativelly fine,
for over 4 months.

We want to spend less so I got 4 evaluation machines: Dell 386/33, 
Compuadd 386/33, PCBrand 386/33, Cumulus 386/33, all with super vga.
The Dell, PCBrand and Compuadd have new WD boards in them, and the Cumulus
has a 3C501 board.

Well, none of these configurations runs my current setup! ughh!  I can
run novell, and tcpip from DOS, on all of the machines.  
Cumulus: I can't even run norton si in a dos shell under windows.
PCBrand: si comes up and freezes the machine
Compuadd: "
Dell: si works fine.

The Dell runs netware and telbin sometimes, perodically the machine 
freezes.  The Dell and Compuadd both, when I select qctnet icon, do
nothing.  They don't freeze, they just don't run !@!!

Is it the speed, 33mhz! I EMMExclude =everything.  Does anyone have this
environment working correctly under windows on these machines?
This is getting ridiculous.  Windows really gets to me at times.  I got
the IBM and Compaq running excellent with just ethernet address and
packet driver info changes to config.tel and qct_tcp.rc.

Oh well, I'd appreciate any information.


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