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- The Use of IBMs' "PC Support" with Novells' Gateways and 5250 Workstation
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- PC SUPPORT Program
- SYSTEM/36 SYSTEM/38 AS/400
- NetWare 5250 Gateway YES YES* NO
- (Combined Twinax &
- Remote Gateway which
- will ship 2/15/91)
-
- Netware SNA Gateway N/A N/A NO
- (AS/400 SDLC & Token Ring
- Connection ONLY)
-
- Twinax Workstation YES YES YES**
- (Discontinued 2/1/91)
-
- Coexistence with NetWare YES*** YES*** YES***
- 286 & 386
-
- * PC Support on the NetWare 5250 Gateway has not proven dependable in all
- System/38 environments.
-
- ** AS/400 PC Support is supported through the Novell Twinax Adapter for PC
- and the "Adapter Handler" software, which is needed in the Twinax
- Workstation.
-
- *** Requires emulation software for connectivity to the host.
-
-
- Novell has tested:
- - IBM PC Support/36, Version 5.1
- - PC Support/38, Version 8.0
- - IBM PC Support, Version 2.0.
-
- IBM began shipping version 3.0 of AS/400 PC Support on 1/4/91. It supports
- both Token Ring and Ethernet connections. When Novell receives Version 3.0
- we will test the coexistence of NetWare and AS/400 PC Support Version 3.0.
-
- For information on how to run concurrent NetWare and AS/400 sessions on a
- NetWare LAN see TWEAK.TXT in NOVA Library 16.