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- March 5, 1986Number 132
- Addendum to "P.C. Compatibility List"
-
- Recently, Novell distributed a list indicating PC's that had been
- tested with NetWare as file servers and workstations. Since that
- time an important discovery concerning use of the Proteon boards has
- been made.
-
- The compatiblily list shows that the Hewlett Packard Vectra,
- which runs at 8MHz, was sucessfully tested as a workstation running
- on a Proteon system. A Proteon P1300 Revision C board was used in
- the test with the Vectra. We can not explain why the P1300 Rev C
- board worked in the Vectra, since the board has difficulty running at
- 8MHz. Since that time we have found that under some conditions
- select P1300 Rev C boards will run at 8MHz. However these tests
- have been brief.
-
- Proteon is now shipping a new board, the P1300/V, that has
- been designed for use in 8MHz machines. It has been tested in a few
- select 8MHz machines with success.
-
- Since the Vectra runs at 8MHz, cards at rev A or above may
- not consistantly work correctly at 8MHz. The Hewlett Packard
- Vectra was NOT retested with the P1300/V board by Novell.
-
- The P1300/V the board must be used whenever an 8MHz machine
- will be used with NetWare to insure correct network operation.
-
- We recommend that Proteon P1300/V cards be used whenever an
- 8MHz machine will be used. Please make a note of this
- recommendation.
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