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Tony Tam wrote:
> 
> Hackers,
> 
>      Could anybody tell me what are the advantages of a Novell Netware
> Network? Since Windows 95 comes with TCP/IP stack, file, and printer
> sharing capabilities, why would a network need a Novell Netware server?
> Moreover, FreeBSD supports samba, why would a network need a Novell
> Netware server?
> 
>      Is there any technical advantages which IPX over TCP/IP?
> 

My sole reason is dos boxes! (Unfortunally)
ipx/netx uses less then 70k (66,048 on my systems) of upper memory.
(Or conventional for those poor soles)

-Enjoy
Gary
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