Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ysub!psuvm!cunyvm!rohvm1!rbyaml Organization: Rohm and Haas Company Date: Friday, 28 Jun 1991 07:51:13 EST From: Aengus Lawlor Message-ID: <91179.075113RBYAML@ROHVM1.BITNET> Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: DEC cards References: <1991Jun27.110405.6276@kingston.ac.uk> In article <1991Jun27.110405.6276@kingston.ac.uk>, cc_s470@kingston.ac.uk (Chris Eborn) says: > >We are thinking of buying DEC EtherWORKS Turbo cards, primarily to run >PCSA (groan). What we want to know is if we can get NetWare divers for >these cards. We are getting the run around from DEC who are telling us >to talk to Novell about it, from Novell who say `well you got the >cards fom Digital' and so on round and round in circles (yep, circles, >not even a nice dialectic spiral). >All help, *pointers, suggestions appreciated. > We use 3C503s without any problems under PCSA 3.x, and "Pathworks for Dos" 4.0 uses NDIS, so should work with just about any card. Unless there's a very good reason, (price, which would really surprise me, or performance) I'd be inclined to tell DEC that if they're not interested in helping you out with Netware drivers, you won't buy their card. (Of course, this is most effective if you are in the market for 100 cards, at #400 each!) >****************************El Kid************************************ >J u s t i f i e r o f t e x t. J u s t i f i e r of l i f e. >********************************************************************** >-chris ****** A tidy desk, a tidy mind ****** cc_s470@uk.ac.king - >********************************************************************** >"I've never heard of "Bob"" *** A cheval sur une tombe et une ****** > G.W.F.Hegel * naissance difficile. S.B.* > Aengus. -- RBYAML@ROHMHAAS.COM Aengus Lawlor RBYAML@ROHVM1.BITNET (who used to be ALAWLOR@DIT.IE) "How about some of that famous Dublin wit, Barman?" "Certainly, sir. Would that be Dry or Sparkling?"