NetWare 3.x

edited January 2021 in Product Comments

imageNetWare 3.x

Novel NetWare was an early and powerful network/file sharing operating system. It was first released in 1983 and supported DOS and CP/M clients and was initially unique in that it shared individual files rather than entire disk volumes. Initially servers ran on a proprietary Motorola 68000 system but quickly changed to IBM PC where it supported a very wide variety of third party hardware. It used a cooperative tasking server environment and had some advanced features usually only found in mainframe products.

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  • Novell Netware 3.12 runs on 86Box, with the following configurations:

    [Machine]
    machine = thor
    cpu_family = pentium_p54c
    cpu_speed = 200000000
    cpu_multi = 3
    cpu_use_dynarec = 1
    fpu_softfloat = 0
    time_sync = local
    fpu_type = internal
    pit_mode = 1
    mem_size = 131072

    [Video]
    gfxcard = tgui9440_pci

    [Input devices]
    mouse_type = none

    [Sound]
    fm_driver = nuked

    [Network]
    net_01_link = 0
    net_02_link = 0
    net_03_link = 0
    net_04_link = 0
    net_01_card = novell_ne2k
    net_01_net_type = pcap
    net_01_host_device = \Device\NPF_{4F0920CA-9620-42C9-822E-84756F5EA089}

    [Storage controllers]
    fdc = fdc_at
    hdc = ide_pci_2ch
    cassette_mode = load
    scsicard_1 = aha154xc

    [AMD PCnet-FAST III #1]
    mac = 7f:e8:15

    [Ports (COM & LPT)]
    lpt1_device = text_prt
    serial2_enabled = 0

    [Hard disks]
    hdd_01_parameters = 63, 16, 4161, 0, ide
    hdd_01_fn = 2gb.vhd
    hdd_01_speed = ramdisk
    hdd_02_parameters = 63, 16, 8126, 0, scsi
    hdd_02_scsi_location = 0:00
    hdd_02_fn = 4gb_scsi.vhd
    hdd_02_speed = ramdisk
    hdd_01_vhd_blocksize = 4096
    hdd_02_vhd_blocksize = 4096
    hdd_01_ide_channel = 0:0

    [Floppy and CD-ROM drives]
    fdd_01_type = 35_2hd
    fdd_01_turbo = 1
    fdd_01_check_bpb = 0
    fdd_02_type = none
    fdd_02_turbo = 1
    fdd_02_check_bpb = 0
    cdrom_01_speed = 72
    cdrom_01_parameters = 1, atapi
    cdrom_01_ide_channel = 0:1
    cdrom_01_type = 86BOX_CD-ROM_1.00

    [Novell NE2000 #1]
    base = 0300
    irq = 3
    mac = 4d:b1:fb
    bios_addr = 00000

    [Adaptec AHA-154xC #1]
    base = 0334
    irq = 11
    dma = 6
    bios_addr = C8000

    [Trident TGUI 9660XGi PCI]
    memory = 4

    [NE2000 Compatible #1]
    base = 0300
    irq = 3
    mac = 44:ab:c8
    bios_addr = 00000
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