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- NOVELL UNVEILS NETWARE FOR MACINTOSH v3.0
- Macintosh Desktop Systems Now Fully Integrated Into NetWare
-
- BOSTON, Mass., NETWORLD -- February 11, 1991 -- Novell, Inc., developer of
- NetWare systems software products, today unveiled NetWare for Macintosh
- v3.0, a complete AppleTalk protocol-suite implementation that fully
- integrates Macintosh desktop systems into the NetWare v3.11 network
- computing environment.
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- NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 is implemented as a set of NetWare Loadable
- Modules (NLMs) that deliver high-performance AppleTalk Filing Protocol
- (AFP) and Printer Access Protocol (PAP) services for Macintosh clients in
- the NetWare v3.11 environment. With NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 running on
- NetWare v3.11, Macintosh users can share files and print resources with
- DOS, Windows, OS/2 and UNIX desktop systems. In addition, the NetWare for
- Macintosh AppleTalk stack provides the basis for integrating the Macintosh
- with complementary Novell services such as NetWare Communication Services,
- NetWare NFS (Network File System) and NetWare FTAM (File Transfer Access
- and Management).
-
- "Our new product offers Macintosh users full access to NetWare resources
- while preserving the native Macintosh interface," said Steve Nelson,
- director of product marketing at Novell's Walnut Creek development center.
- "The Macintosh is an ideal personal computer for network computing. We use
- Apple's networking standards to provide services for the Macintosh; we use
- NetWare to add value to those services and to integrate the Macintosh with
- other desktop computers and other information environments."
-
- "Since June of 1988, Macintosh, DOS and OS/2 users have been able to work
- together by using Novell's NetWare," said Randy Battat, Apple vice
- president of product marketing. "Today's announcement is important because
- it extends this capability further to include NetWare v3.11 servers."
-
- Primary features of NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 include:
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- o Native mode NetWare access -- Macintosh users access NetWare resources
- through the Macintosh network client interface.
-
- o NLM implementation -- For the first time, the performance and added
- value of the NetWare v3.11 32-bit environment -- system fault
- tolerance, resource accounting, print management, internetwork routing
- and advanced security -- are now available for Macintosh workstations.
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- o Full AFP 2.0 compliance -- Users are assured of data integrity and
- reliability, and are kept current as Macintosh technology evolves.
-
- o Full AppleTalk Phase 1 and Phase 2 compliance -- Supports newer and
- larger AppleTalk Phase 2 networks, as well as users remaining at
- AppleTalk Phase 1, or in transition.
-
- o Macintosh, DOS, Windows, OS/2 and UNIX users share networked printers
- -- Applications can access Apple LaserWriters or ImageWriters through
- NetWare print queues via PostScript or Diablo 630 emulation.
-
- o Support for AppleTalk routing over multiple cabling systems -- Users
- can communicate over LocalTalk, Ethernet and Token-Ring internetwork
- topologies.
-
- o Macintosh client software -- Users can control NetWare capabilities
- such as setting rights, assigning trustees, managing print queues and
- sending messages to other networked users. Network managers can use
- any Macintosh on the network to perform administrative tasks such as
- adding or deleting users and groups, assigning passwords and setting
- file attributes.
-
- NetWare AppleTalk Support Package v3.0
-
- Novell also announced a new NetWare AppleTalk Support Package that adds
- AppleTalk protocols and AppleTalk routing capabilities to the NetWare v3.11
- operating system. The NetWare AppleTalk Support Package features flexible
- configuration for access to a variety of applications and utilities and
- enables third-party network services using AppleTalk.
-
- System Requirements, Pricing and Availability
-
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 requires the NetWare v3.11 network operating
- system. It will be available as an optional product in April 1991 in two
- versions: a 20-user version lists for U.S. $895 per server; a 100-user
- version lists for U.S. $1995 per server. Through September 30, 1991,
- registered NetWare v3.0 customers will be updated to NetWare v3.11 and
- receive the 100-user version of NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 at no charge;
- registered NetWare v3.1 customers will be updated to NetWare v3.11 when
- they purchase NetWare for Macintosh v3.0. The NetWare AppleTalk Support
- Package lists for U.S. $495 per site license and will be available in the
- second quarter of 1991 through Novell's After Market Products group.
-
- All prices are for the United States and Canada only. For pricing outside
- the United States and Canada, customers should contact their local Novell
- Authorized reseller.
-
- Novell continues to ship and support NetWare for Macintosh v2.0, a Value
- Added Process (VAP), as part of the NetWare 2.15c network operating system.
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.0 is fully compatible with the NetWare for
- Macintosh VAP.
-
- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) develops NetWare systems software products
- that manage and control the sharing of data across a variety of network
- computing environments, including computer workgroups, departmental
- networks and business-wide information systems.
-
- Contact:
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- Pattie Heisser
- Novell, Inc.
- 415/975-4469
-