Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System

Okay, then that makes more sense. Yeah, the Apple and IBM cards were called Corvus Transporter Cards, so I would have to assume the same on the Dec Rainbows, it would be interesting to actually find one of those cards and have a look at it. Curt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: RE: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > No, the Rainbow had no built-in network ports except a serial port which > we had hooked to our VAX and used it with terminal emulation. > > Corvus had an add-in card for the Rainbow (and an ISA card for the PC) > that implemented their specific network protocol (I have no idea what it > was, but it was not ethernet or anything like that...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] > On Behalf Of Curt Vendel > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 7:12 PM > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > So.... the Rainbows, weren't they still using DECnet and LAT through the > built in AUI??? Was the Corvus Disk Server LAT Compatible or > something??? > This is very interesting. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com> > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:52 PM > Subject: RE: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > > No, we didn't use our Corvus system with VMS. DEC Rainbows (semi-PC > > compatible machines running MS-DOS) and PC's are what we used it with. > > > > - Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] > > On Behalf Of Curt Vendel > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:24 PM > > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > Subject: Re: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > > > > No way? Corvus worked on VMS too??? I never knew that, wow! > > > > > > Curt > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com> > > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:34 PM > > Subject: RE: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > > > > > That was it. CORVUS, that's what we used to network our DEC Rainbows > > > > and PC's back in 1984. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org > > > [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] > > > On Behalf Of Curt Vendel > > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:17 PM > > > To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org > > > Subject: Re: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > > > > > > > Sellam, > > > > > > When Novell First started out in I think 1979 they used to be > > > NDS, Inc. (How Ironic right?) They started out doing custom > > > build-to-order > > > > > hardware > > > and software. They developed S-Net for serving files and printing > to > > > networked machines. Their biggest hurdle was getting files served > > to > > > all > > > of the diverse systems out there at the time (DOS, CP/M and so > > > forth) and I recall something about Noorda bringing in some > > > heavy-weight programmer who got their proprietary systems to connect > > > > to PC's and other systems and they when they went into a total > > > re-org, started working on Protective Mode OS's, changed their name > > > to Novell and really shook things up, one of my other favorites was > > > Corvus as they were really doing some remarkable stuff and > > > they got murdered by Novell as they just couldn't keep up. Anybody > > > remember the old 3Com 3+Open Network Servers that had to load > > everything > > > from QIC Tapes? How about Banyan Networks. :-) > > > > > > I remember in my early days of working as a technician I saw one > > > of > > > > > the first Novell fileservers that a "Network Engineer" was working > > > on and when he popped the case (Standard XT Type Case) it was a > > > custom M68000 motherboard, the first I'd ever seen before and I was > > > amazed and it always stuck with me and I've been meaning to go > > > looking for one as I've been working with Novell since 2.12 > > > generating those good old NET$OS files (Oh joy!). > > > > > > > > > Curt > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com> > > > To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:46 PM > > > Subject: Re: Wanted: Original Novell 68000 System > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Marvin Johnston wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have on the original Novell 68000 based systems for > > > > > > sale/trade? > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I have two systems including a hard drive subsystem > > > > > with IIRC 2 Rodime 40 MB very noisy hard drives. Since I've > > > > > never fired > > > > > > > them up except for the hard drive module, I don't know if they > > work > > > > > or not. They do not have any software with them but they seem to > > be > > > > > complete and were > > > > > > > > working when pulled from service. Since I am cutting back on > > > > > most things that are post 1982 or so, these are extra. Contact > > > > > me off list if you are interested. > > > > > > > > Wow, that's cool. I didn't realize Novell started on the 68000. > > > > Did it serve files for a PC network? How similar is the NOS to > > > > later versions of Netware? > > > > > > > > Sellam Ismail Vintage > > Computer > > > Festival > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > ---- > > > ---- > > > > International Man of Intrigue and Danger > > > http://www.vintage.org > > > > > > > > * Old computing resources for business and academia at > > > www.VintageTech.com * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >