tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) (05/08/91)
I would like to connect an ancient (I'm talking vacuum tubes) AT&T PC-class machine to a Novell 2.15C network. IPX.COM loads fine. When I try to load NET3.COM, I un-failingly get a "memory allocation error". The PC seems fine otherwise, and although it is in daily use, no one has reported any memory errors. It is running AT&T's version of MS-DOS 3.2. Does anyone know of any incompatibilities between AT&T DOS 3.2 and Novell?? Thanks for you help. -Phil Tracy tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu -- Phillip Tracy Northwestern Univ. (312) 503-1536 tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Academic Computing Chicago, IL 60611
nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (nathan engle) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May8.135139.3350@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: >I would like to connect an ancient (I'm talking vacuum tubes) AT&T PC-class >machine to a Novell 2.15C network. IPX.COM loads fine. When I try to >load NET3.COM, I un-failingly get a "memory allocation error". I never saw any vacuum tubes in Ollivetti-manufactured AT&T 6300 PCs, however as a software developer I came across several weird bugs that only seemed to be resolved by upgrading the BIOS ROM's. I think we eventually settled on version 1.43 as the best for 6300's. If your PC has an older BIOS than 1.43 then you should give your AT&T reps a call. (Remember, in the 6300 the motherboard was upside down so to find the BIOS you have to take off the bottom cover, not the top.) >The PC seems fine otherwise, and although it is in daily use, no one has >reported any memory errors. It is running AT&T's version of MS-DOS 3.2. > >Does anyone know of any incompatibilities between AT&T DOS 3.2 and Novell?? We never had any problems with the DOS as long as the BIOS it was sitting on top of was updated. >Thanks for you help. Don't thank me yet. Wait till you've trashed all your old 6300s and then you can thank me. > -Phil Tracy tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu -- Nathan Engle Software Juggler Indiana University Dept of Psychology nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) (05/08/91)
I ask, "Does anyone know of compatibility problems between old AT&T PC's
and Novell, etc.?"
Nathan Engle says,
"I never saw any vacuum tubes in ... AT&T"
[loosely quoted] "The best ROM version is 1.43 for these machines, I've
encountered strange things otherwise."
All right, all right, I *was* exaggerating about the vacuum tubes.
A little. But thanks for the tip about the ROM versions. I never would
have thought of it, really. This is my first experience with these
beasties, and I hope it's my last. Thanks again.
-Phil
--
Phillip Tracy Northwestern Univ. (312) 503-1536
tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Academic Computing Chicago, IL 60611mtidgewell@eagle.wesleyan.edu (05/10/91)
In article <1991May8.135139.3350@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: > I would like to connect an ancient (I'm talking vacuum tubes) AT&T PC-class > machine to a Novell 2.15C network. IPX.COM loads fine. When I try to > load NET3.COM, I un-failingly get a "memory allocation error". > > The PC seems fine otherwise, and although it is in daily use, no one has > reported any memory errors. It is running AT&T's version of MS-DOS 3.2. > > Does anyone know of any incompatibilities between AT&T DOS 3.2 and Novell?? > > Thanks for you help. > > -Phil Tracy tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu > -- > Phillip Tracy Northwestern Univ. (312) 503-1536 > tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Academic Computing Chicago, IL 60611 I'm sure some has aswered this already, but I'll answer too. AT&T DOS 3 is not really DOS3. It uses a DOS 2 file system. The only answer we have is to run AT&T DOS 2 or MS-DOS of the version of any flavor. You lose the real time clock, but Netware Shell will load date and time. My main problem is finding a way to backup AT&T 6300 to our net, the zircom won't work with it, I have to boot with DOS 2, no xcopy. I've been using lap link lately. These things seem to be the most uncompatable compatables sinse Columbia went out of business. -- |------------------------------------------------------------| | Matt Tidgewell | "The biggest man was a baby | |MTIDGEWELL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU | one time. So I don't know | | | where him get all these big | | | ideas, wanting to be rulers | | | over people." | | | Robert Nesta Marley | |______________________________|_____________________________|