2 Jan
2020
2 Jan
'20
10:15 a.m.
Anyone on here remember NetWare? :P
There used to (fairly recently) be a company called Portlock that made a utility called
Portlock Storage manager, which was really excellent, for dealing with storage volumes.
Their website was portlock.com. But they seem to be gone now. Does anyone know what
happened to them?
They used to publish license keys that would expire after about 6 months on their page,
but I really hope they didn't go out of business.
Thanks!
2 Jan
2 Jan
11:02 a.m.
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 18:15:33 +0000
Benjamin Huntsman via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Anyone on here remember NetWare? :P
I started and ran a network VAR company which was both Novell (Netware)
Certified and IBM Business Partners. We sold a LOT of Netware, associated
network cards, cabling and services. Both Novell and IBM were a terrific
partners - and provided us with outstanding products for our customers. They
also helped make us very profitable. It was the best of all worlds ;)
IMHO, in the late 80's and early 90's Novell servers, and then Netware, were
the best networking game in town!
--snip--
Cheers,
Lyle
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11:37 a.m.
New subject: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?
Anyone on here
remember NetWare? :P
I started and ran a network VAR company which was both Novell (Netware)
Certified and IBM Business Partners. We sold a LOT of Netware, associated
network cards, cabling and services. Both Novell and IBM were a terrific
partners - and provided us with outstanding products for our customers. They
also helped make us very profitable. It was the best of all worlds ;)
IMHO, in the late 80's and early 90's Novell servers, and then Netware, were
the best networking game in town! 
11:54 a.m.
New subject: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?
On 1/2/20 11:37 AM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Anyone done anything with Netware *for PowerPC*?
Allegedly there was
some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers
(the codename was apparently "Wormhole").
I know the people who were working in it (based on Portable NetWare)
AFAIK it never shipped.
1:35 p.m.
New subject: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?
Anyone done
anything with Netware *for PowerPC*? Allegedly there was
some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers
(the codename was apparently "Wormhole").
I know the people who were working in it (based on Portable NetWare)
AFAIK it never shipped. 
1:55 p.m.
New subject: NetWare for PowerPC was Re: Portlock Storage Manager?
On 1/2/2020 1:35 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Was this based on the Cygnus PowerPC port, or was it
Apple-specific?
Sun did a power? PC? port I think paid for by IBM, which would have run
on both the open Apple servers that briefly existed, and on IBM PPC systems.
A lot of odd PPC work happened in a group a friend worked for in Austin
TX, but not sure if they did Netware work there.? There was a lot of OS2
work there as well, but that's off track a bit more.
thanks
Jim
Anyone done anything with Netware *for PowerPC*?
Allegedly there was
some attempt at Apple to put it on what later became the Network Servers
(the codename was apparently "Wormhole").
I know the people who were
working in it (based on Portable NetWare)
AFAIK it never shipped. 
1:14 p.m.
Hi Benjamin,
I was a Novell CNE for a longer time, and have started to work with
NetWare 2.10 (non dedicated server) with the age of 15 in 1993.
Have made my first real money with the migration of this NetWare 2.10
which was running on a small 80286 PC server to 3.12 on a Compaq
SystemPro in 1994.
Moved my last NetWare 6 Server in 2015 to OES and my last GroupWise
system to Exchange in 2017.
Portlock was a a tool I have used in the old days twice a month, but I
think they have lost their customer base, as nobody really use NetWare
traditional or NSS file systems any longer -Or?
Their website Portlock.com has gone in 2019, but I have also no clue if
they have end their business or if they simply have lost their domain.
But try to call them, the number is may be still in use.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190220183136/http://portlock.com/
Many Greetings
Ulrich
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