Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!oliveb!amdahl!pacbell!qvax2!stv From: stv@qvax2.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What is NETBIOS, and where can I get it? Message-ID: <643@qvax2.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 89 18:47:46 GMT References: <15265@cc.usu.edu> Reply-To: stv@qvax2.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499) Organization: Qantel Corp, Hayward, CA Lines: 56 In article <15265@cc.usu.edu> JRD@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) writes: >Steve, > Novell NetWare Entry Level 1 is under $500 I have a Novell price list. Here are some list prices: Netware for Mac $200 Netware Anywhere $395 ELS Netware LVI I V2.02/A $695 ELS Netware LVI II V2.12 $1495 ELS Netware LVI III V2.15 $1895 Are you saying that the third item, above, can be purchased for less than $500? Is that all that I would need in order to link two machines? Can you describe what I will get with that? > and Ethernet boards, just >to make performance high, cost about $200 (Western Digital Wd8003E's). Are you saying that Ethernet is optional? Will Novell work over an RS232 serial link? The WD8003E's require (at least) thin coax, right? What about twisted pair Ethernet that I've been hearing about? > ... It pays to shop around for lan prices, >even with NetWare suppliers. If I do have to do something with Novell someday, I don't think I'm going to like it. > RS232 solutions will be v. slow, natch. That's okay in my specific application. I'm just hitting a database once in awhile. > NetBios is an interface standard invented by IBM ... I found a couple of books on NetBIOS: "Inside NetBIOS" and "C Programmer's Guide to NetBIOS". They explain pretty well what it is. Thanks, Joe. =================== Right now, I am investigating Easy-Net, which I got from the SIMTEL20 archives: PD1:EASY-NET.ARC. It is a $50 shareware product that appears to do what I want to do (see my previous posting). I am also investigating Lantastic, which a couple of people have recommended. I will post the results of my research in a couple of weeks. -- Steve Vance {hplabs,lll-winken,pacbell}!qantel!stv qantel!stv@lll-winken.llnl.gov Qantel Business Computers, Hayward, CA