Advanced NetWare was a powerful LAN operating system package that let you link up to 100 PCs to a file server to share files and network resources such as printers. With Advanced NetWare installed in an 80286 or better based PC, you could achieve minicomputer-like performance while you continued to use your PC-based applications.
Advanced NetWare could be configured as either a dedicated or non-dedicated system upon installation. Taking full advantage of the power of the processor, this product used up to 12Mb of RAM and more than 2Mb of hard disk storage to support up to 100 users per server. Because it is fully compatible with IBM's NetBIOS, it worked with the many multi-user applications available for the IBM Token-Ring and PC Network. Compatible with over 80 popular network hardware adapters and topologies, the package offered the utmost in flexibility. For example, if the layout of a building required multiple cable-types, you could connect an ARCNET segment in one part of the building, an Ethernet in another, and a Token-Ring somewhere else.
If you already had a non-Novell network installed, you could switch to Advanced or SFT NetWare and take advantage of the package's sophisticated security, power, and flexibility. Advanced NetWare provided operating system support for NetWare for Macintosh, a VAP (Value Added Process), and offered transparent protocol connectivity between IPX and Apple' s AFP. Using NetWare for Macintosh and Novell NL1000 AppleTalk network interface card, you could connect any AppleTalk network or network device (such as Apple LaserWriters) to a Novell file server running NetWare version 2.15. Research Novell Advanced NetWare
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