stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle ) (12/01/89)
We finally got the upgrade (4 days ago) for Netware for Macs. Before that we
had a number of problems, including relatively frequent bombs on the macs, the
file server going off into the ozone during the night, and failure to get
Novell AppleTalk queues published properly on AppleTalk. The last is not
critical for the Macs because they can see the printers directly, but it would
still be nice to have it work as advertized. Furthermore, we got VAP (or
something) corruption every month or so and had to reinstall the Mac VAPs.
Since installing the new version, everything seems to be running smoothly. I
don't think anybody has tried getting the Novell AppleTalk queues running, but
that's not a priority item.
[Mild flames on] Maybe a supporting dealer could have helped us earlier, but
we're currently trying a 4th dealer in the hope that they might be of help.
The dealers have all been friendly enough, but I have so far always ended up
having to figure out and fix the problem myself, so I'm about ready to go for
Netware from the cheap places that don't claim support since at least then
I'll know what to expect. [Flames off]
Anyway, it's probably too soon to conclude that the new release has solved all
our problems, but things appear to be good.
-Stefan Brandle
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