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NetWare (1989)
Novell NetWare was an early and powerful file sharing / print sharing network operating system. It was first released in 1983 and supported DOS and CP/M clients and was initially unique in that it shared individual files rather than entire disk volumes. Initially NetWare servers ran on a proprietary Motorola 68000 system but quickly changed to IBM PC where it supported a very wide variety of third party hardware and NICs. It used a cooperative tasking server environment and had some advanced features usually only found in mainframe products.
During the late 80s and early 90s, NetWare was very popular with large enterprise businesses. The first releases of DOOM used NetWare's IPX protocol for networking support. Later NetWare versions added TCP/IP support in addition to its native IPX protocol.
NetWare competed against larger networking systems such as DEC Pathworks, and smaller systems such as Banyan VINES and Lantastic. In the mid 1980s Microsoft introduced their own LAN system, Microsoft LAN Manager. NetWare was largely displaced In the late 90s, as Microsoft LAN Manager was integrated in to Windows NT.
The last version, 6.5SP8 was released in May 2009.
Wanted: CD-ROM versions require a license floppy disk in order to fully install.
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NetWare 2 supported native protected mode operation on the Intel 286 CPU.
2.x included advanced features such as system fault tolerance, on-the-fly bad block re-mapping, software RAID1,. and a transaction tracking system.
Early versions of NetWare 2.x were copy protected, requiring an ISA card with a hardware key.
Information
Product type
OS
Vendor
Novell
Release date
1989
Minimum CPU
286
User interface
Text
Platform
Other
Download count
36 (5 for release)
Downloads
Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 2.2 (1991) (3.5-1.44mb) 2.2 English x86 3.52MB 4
5¼ Floppy Novell NetWare 286 2.0a ELS I (1987) (5.25-360k) 286 2.0a ELS I English x86 56.93MB 0
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 286 2.0a ELS I (IBM PS2) (1987) (3.5-720k) 286 2.0a ELS I (IBM PS2) English x86 6.66MB 1
5¼ Floppy Novell NetWare 286 2.15c Advanced (1989) (5.25-360k) 286 2.15c Advanced English x86 2.95MB 0
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 286 2.15c ELS Level 2 (1987) (3.5-720k) 286 2.15c ELS Level 2 English x86 3.22MB 0
https://winworldpc.com/product/netware/2x
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NetWare 3.x
3.x adds 32-bit 386 protected mode support.
It included new features such as NetWare Loadable Modules, a new file system, and NetWare Link Services Protocol.
https://winworldpc.com/product/netware/3x
Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 3.11 (1991) (3.5-1.44mb) 3.11 English x86-32 9.28MB 0
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 3.12 (3.5) 3.12 English x86-32 68.89MB 1
3½ Floppy Novell NetWare 3.12 License Diskettes (3.5-1.44mb) 3.12 English x86-32 2.07MB 1
CD Novell NetWare 3.12F (ISO) 3.12F English x86-32 48.54MB 1
CD Novell NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack (ISO) 3.2 Enhancement Pack English x86-32 89.62MB 0
NetWare 4.x
Version 4 introduced NetWare Directory Services (NDS) and added encryption.
Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
CD Novell Netware 4.11 (ISO) 4.11 English x86-32 89.96MB 5
CD Novell Netware 4.2 4.2 English x86-32 48.35MB 3
https://winworldpc.com/product/netware/4x
NetWare 5.x
NetWare 5 makes TCP/IP the primary protocol. It also adds a GUI and Java support.
Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
CD Novell Netware 5.1 5.1 English x86-32 370.03MB 16
https://winworldpc.com/product/netware/5x
NetWare 6.x
6.0 includes a simplified licensing scheme. 6.5 many more features such as bundled open source products, iSCSI, NX Bit support, and USB support.
Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
CD Novell Netware 6 6 English x86-32 503.24MB 4
https://winworldpc.com/product/netware/6x
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