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- From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle)
- Subject: Re: W4Wg vs. ARCnet vs. NetWare?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.214632.8536@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>
- Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA
- References: <1992Dec23.022316.26708@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1992Dec30.020557.16587@microsoft.com> <1992Dec30.221642.29315@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1993Jan04.182209.25420@microsoft.com> <51786@drilex.dri.mgh.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:46:32 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com (Craig Jackson) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan04.182209.25420@microsoft.com> alanbac@microsoft.com (Alan Back) writes:
- >|In article <1992Dec30.221642.29315@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes:
- >|>Now, for max bonus karma points: Could/should I use Novell's BNETX to get
- >|>burst mode access, or should I use the one that comes with W4Wg? The
- >|>manual is singularly uninforming on this topic, and I've not gotten any
- >|>word from MS T.S. either.
- >|>
- >|BNETX was not tested with WFW, but if you need the speed, you can try it.
- >|Standard disclaimers apply, however: not supported, not tested, and may
- >|cause unforeseen problems. My recommendation would be to stick with the
- >|NETX that came in the box. I prefer security over speed.
- >|
- >|Alan Back
- >|Microsoft Corporate Systems Engineering
-
- >Actually, it's a somewhat simpler issue: the 3.26 BNETX doesn't work
- >reliably with Windows at all. I haven't checked NetWire lately, but
- >I had heard that BNETX required some significant rework to
- >accomodate itself to certain penchants of Windows, especially reprogramming
- >the clock, and therefore you should look for a new one.
- >I heard that the new one may have a bumped version number, such as 3.31.
-
- I'm using BNETX 3.31 right now; so far, it works fine with W4Wg 3.1.
-
- Cringely says there have been silent revisions of W4Wg; can anyone tell
- me what they might be?
-
- --Alex
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