Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System

From: Bob Lafleur <bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com>
Date: Thu Jun 6 20:31:33 2002

Yep... Omninet, that's what it was.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of David Barnes
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:36 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System


Hmmm Corvus Omninet??? That sounds what you are talking about... used to
work on that stuff... great and way ahead of its time...



Bob Lafleur wrote:

> > Indeed it all began with networking CP/M computers. Around 1981
> > Novell
> came to the market with their first networking ??>product, called
> S-net.
>
> Back in 1984 we used a star network device to network some DEC
> Rainbows and PC's (both running MS-DOS). I don't remember who made it,

> but I really don't think it was Novell. It was a specialized box
> though. The wires that connected to the Rainbows and PC's connected
> with little slip-on clips that came off quite easily.
Received on Thu Jun 06 2002 - 20:31:33 BST