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From: ruiu@tic.UUCP (Dragos Ruiu)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC LAN Comparison
Message-ID: <155@tic.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 13:14:41 EST
Article-I.D.: tic.155
Posted: Tue Nov 17 13:14:41 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 11:21:33 EST
References: <2070@killer.UUCP> <1020@kodak.UUCP>
Organization: U of A, E.E., Edmonton,Canada
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Keywords: IBM PC, Novell, hardware
Summary: Novell report is good, but there are some questionable bits...
Xref: mnetor comp.dcom.lans:941 comp.sys.ibm.pc:10295

In article <1020@kodak.UUCP>, gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner) writes:
  In article <2070@killer.UUCP> jonm@killer.UUCP (Jon Meinecke) writes:
  >I would like to hear your informed comments and comparisons
  >(both anecdotal and empirical) of various IBM-PC local area network
  >
> But the point I wanted to make was that I sent in the reader's card with
> a lot of numbers circled for more information.  I received lots of Madison-
> Avenue type stuff from several manufacturers, but the the best REAL info
> came from Novell.  They sent me a package which must have weighed 3-4
> pounds and must have cost them a fortune to mail!  Included was a LAN
> Evaluation Report and a LAN Software Evaluation Report, which I now use
> as a sort of LAN Bible.  I felt that it was a reasonably objective report
>    Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14650
>                    Phone: (716) 477-1002
>                    UUCP: {allegra,rutgers}!rochester!kodak!gardner

   I too agree that the Novell report was an unusually useful response
to a bingo card.... It is very comprehensive. It covers the majority of
the hardware and software vendors that were available when it was written
very objectively, and the information is well organized.
   However, I had great difficulty believing their hardware section, which
repeatedly says that DMA interface boards are slower than others. Unless there 
is something I don't know, DMA is much faster than interrupt driven hardware.
I have not had the time or the resources to research their claims, but
common sense would indicate that this claim of theirs is way off base.
   This inaccuracy made me wonder what else was wrong in their report. Anyone
care to comment ?
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