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- Novell DR Multiuser DOS 5.1 Bridges Network and MultiUser DOS Systems
- Offers Low-cost Workgroup Connectivity and Full Access to Broader NetWare
- Networks
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- Monterey, Calif. -- March 31, 1992 -- Novell's Desktop Systems Group
- (formerly Digital Research, Inc.) today announced DR Multiuser DOS version
- 5.1, providing users the economical and localized connectivity advantages
- of a multiuser computer workgroup with full access to NetWare network
- services.
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- DR Multiuser DOS is an ideal workgroup solution for accounting, database,
- and other applications that frequently access shared resources and data.
- The operating system enables low-cost PCs and terminals to be linked
- through an inexpensive serial connection, with eight simultaneous DOS
- sessions per user.
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- "For NetWare users, DR Multiuser DOS 5.1 provides capabilities previously
- available only in UNIX, such as multiple terminals having multitasking
- capabilities and access to the network, while allowing low-cost expansion
- of NetWare networks wherever workgroups exist," said Dick Williams,
- executive vice president and general manager of Novell's Desktop Systems
- Group.
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- "For DR Multiuser DOS customers, the new version provides connectivity with
- the industry's leading network and the full support of Novell. Version 5.1
- is a great first example of the synergy between two development teams--one
- coming from the network, the other from the desktop."
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- New NetWare Connectivity Drivers
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- Version 5.1 includes new NetWare connectivity drivers that efficiently link
- a DR Multiuser DOS workgroup to the network and its resources. The
- multi-session drivers run on a 386 or 486 DR Multiuser DOS host computer
- and provide 16 simultaneous NetWare sessions through a single NetWare
- adapter card. Previously, the DR Multiuser DOS host computer only allowed
- single-session access to Novell NetWare. This configuration benefits the
- user by costing roughly half that of providing individual network nodes and
- substantially reduces network traffic by localizing shared resources within
- the workgroup.
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- Like NetWare Lite, DR Multiuser DOS provides an inexpensive connectivity
- solution -- but targets a different type of customer. While NetWare Lite
- is designed for users with compute-intensive applications who have an
- occasional need to exchange data, DR Multiuser DOS addresses just the
- opposite: people who use applications such as accounting, where a common,
- shared data resource is their overriding concern.
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- Pricing and Availability
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- DR Multiuser DOS 5.1 will begin shipping April 13, 1992, with a suggested
- retail price of $695 U.S. Upgrades will be available to all registered
- users of DR Multiuser DOS 5.0. Customers outside the U.S. should contact
- their local reseller or their regional Novell office.
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- Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the
- developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
- system software products, including NetWare and DR DOS. Novell's NetWare
- network computing products manage and control the sharing of services, data
- and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks, and
- business-wide information systems.
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