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Date:      Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:23:55 -0400
From:      Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
To:        Tony Tam <ttam@mail.iidpwr.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Novell Netware
Message-ID:  <321F1E8B.1363@ime.net>
References:  <96Aug23.230023pdt.15364@mail.iidpwr.com>

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Tony Tam wrote:
> 
> Hackers,
> 
>      Could anybody tell me what are the advantages of a Novell Netware
> Network? Since Windows 95 comes with TCP/IP stack, file, and printer
> sharing capabilities, why would a network need a Novell Netware server?
> Moreover, FreeBSD supports samba, why would a network need a Novell
> Netware server?
> 
>      Is there any technical advantages which IPX over TCP/IP?
> 

My sole reason is dos boxes! (Unfortunally)
ipx/netx uses less then 70k (66,048 on my systems) of upper memory.
(Or conventional for those poor soles)

-Enjoy
Gary
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