Personal NetWare

{{Short description|Network system}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019|cs1-dates=y}} {{Use list-defined references|date=December 2021}} [[Image:Novell NetWare Lite - Italian OEM version from CDC SpA.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|NetWare Lite, as released by the Italian firm CDC S.p.A.]] '''NetWare Lite''' and '''Personal NetWare''' are a series of discontinued [[peer-to-peer]] [[local area network]]s developed by [[Novell]] for [[DOS]]- and [[Windows]]-based [[personal computer]]s aimed at personal users and [[small business]]es in the 1990s.

=={{anchor|NWL|NLCACHE}}NetWare Lite== [[File:Novell NetWare Lite 1.1J for PC-98 floppy disk.jpg|thumb|Floppy disk of NetWare Lite 1.1J]] In 1991, Novell introduced NetWare Lite 1.0 (NWL),<ref name="NWL_1"/><ref name="NWL_2"/> as a radically different and cheaper alternative to their central server-based [[NetWare]] product. Codenamed "Slurpee", NetWare Lite was an answer to [[Artisoft]]'s similar [[LANtastic]]: both were peer-to-peer systems, where no dedicated server was required, but instead all PCs on the network could share their resources.

Netware Lite contained a unique serial number in the [[EXE file]]s that prevented running the same copy on multiple nodes within a single network. This basic copy protection was easily circumvented by comparing files from different licenses and accordingly editing the serial number bytes.

The product was upgraded to NetWare Lite 1.1 and also came bundled with [[DR DOS 6.0]]. Some components of NetWare Lite were used in Novell's NetWare [[PalmDOS 1.0]] in 1992.

A Japanese version of NetWare Lite named "NetWare Lite 1.1J" existed in 1992 for four platforms ([[DOS/V]], [[Fujitsu FM-R]], [[NEC PC-98]]/[[Epson PC]] and [[Toshiba J-3100]]) and was supported up to 1997.<ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches"/> Updates were distributed by Novell as <code>DOSV6.EXE</code>, <code>DOSV.EXE</code>, <code>TSBODI.LZH</code>.<ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches"/>

NetWare Lite 1.1 came bundled with [[NLSNIPES]], a newer implementation of Novell's Snipes game.<ref name="Novell_1995_NWLITE"/>

=={{anchor|PNW|NWCACHE}}Personal NetWare== Significantly reworked, the product line, codenamed "Smirnoff", became Personal NetWare 1.0 (PNW) in 1994. The [[Open Data-Link Interface|ODI]]/VLM 16-bit DOS client portion of the drivers now supported individually loadable [[Virtual Loadable Module]]s (VLMs) for an improved flexibility and customizability, whereas the server portion could utilize Novell's [[DOS Protected Mode Services]] (DPMS), if loaded, to reduce its [[conventional memory]] footprint and run in [[extended memory]] and [[protected mode]]. The NetWare Lite disk cache NLCACHE had been reworked into [[NWCACHE]], which was easier to set up and could utilize DPMS as well, thereby reducing the DOS [[memory footprint]] and significantly speeding up disk performance. Personal NetWare came bundled with the network-enabled game [[NetWars 2.06]].

A Japanese version of Personal NetWare 1.0 named "Personal NetWare J 1.0" existed for four platforms ([[DOS/V]], [[Fujitsu FM-R]], [[NEC PC-98]]/[[Epson PC]] and [[Toshiba J-3100]]) and was supported up to 1995.<ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches"/> Updates were distributed by Novell as <code>P10J0?.EXE</code> (with <code>?</code> replaced by <code>1</code> - <code>5</code>), <code>PNDOSV2.EXE</code>, <code>PNDOSV1.LZH</code>.<ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/>

The Personal NetWare 1.0 product saw five maintenance upgrades for the Western issues and two for the Japanese versions as well as various comprehensive updates to the corresponding VLM client driver suite (1.0, 1.1, 1.20, 1.21) as part of the Novell Client Kit for DOS & Windows up to November 1996 in the Western world and up to April 1997 in Japan.<ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches"/> They added many new [[MLID]] ([[Media Link Interface Driver]]) drivers, including drivers for [[Serial Line Internet Protocol|SLIP]] and [[Point-to-Point Protocol|PPP]], as well as extra [[codepage]]s and languages.<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/>

A full version of Personal NetWare (save the interactive tutorials) also came bundled with [[Novell DOS 7]] in 1994 at a price similar to that of the stand-alone version of Personal NetWare.

Portions of Personal NetWare were incorporated into Novell's [[#LWP|LAN Workplace]] for DOS and [[#Mobile|NetWare Mobile]] for DOS products, and as such compatible [[TCP/IP]] drivers became available for the system as well.{{clarify|date=September 2018}}

Later, Personal NetWare was bundled with full versions of [[Caldera (company)|Caldera]] [[OpenDOS 7.01]], [[DR-DOS 7.02]] and [[DR-DOS 7.03|7.03]] between 1997 and 1999; however, these bundles were delivered with the same Personal NetWare files shipping with Novell DOS 7, not the upgraded files, which had been made available for download by Novell since 1994.

The ODI/VLM client stack with TCP/IP drivers also found its way into the [[DR-WebSpyder]] distribution in 1997.

When Novell in 1996 introduced its [[ODI32]]/[[NIOS (NetWare)|NIOS]] 32-bit DOS/Windows client ([[Client 32]]), it used [[NetWare Loadable Module]]s (NLMs) instead of VLM modules. While the NIOS client could reduce the conventional memory footprint down to 2 to 5 KB in total,<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Liebing_1996"/> the lack of something like a "PNW.NLM" module (in analogy to the VLM client's PNW.VLM) made it impossible to use the new client in conjunction with a Personal NetWare server.<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Novell_1996_NWUSER"/>

=={{anchor|NETX|VLM|DOS Client|Client32}}NetWare clients for DOS== {{expand section|date=August 2018}}  * NETX-based 16-bit client for DOS * ODI/VLM-based 16-bit client for DOS * ODI32/[[NIOS (NetWare)|NIOS]]-based 32-bit client for DOS<ref name="Tittel_1994_NIOS"/><ref name="Liebing_1996_Install32"/> (not for NWL and PNW)

=={{anchor|LWP}}LAN WorkPlace for DOS==  {{empty section|date=August 2018}} {{See also|Excelan LAN Workplace}}

=={{anchor|Mobile}}NetWare Mobile==  {{empty section|date=August 2018}}

==See also== * [[CP/NET]] / [[MP/NET]] / [[DR Net]] / [[FlexNet (Novell)|FlexNet]] * [[ELS NetWare]] (former entry level product, but not peer-to-peer) * [[IntranetWare for Small Business]] (FSB) (later entry level product, but not peer-to-peer) * [[NetWare Remote Program Load]] (RPL) * [[NetWare NCOPY]] * [[UnixWare]]

==References== <references> <ref name="NWL_1">{{cite journal |title=The Executive Computer; For Small Businesses, a Simpler Approach to Networking |author-first=Peter H. |author-last=Lewis |journal=[[New York Times]] |date=1991-11-03 |pages=3010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/business/the-executive-computer-for-small-businesses-a-simpler-approach-to-networking.html |access-date=2018-09-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906193357/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/business/the-executive-computer-for-small-businesses-a-simpler-approach-to-networking.html |archive-date=2018-09-06}}</ref> <ref name="NWL_2">{{cite journal |title=BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY; An Egalitarian Approach Gains in Computing |author-first=Lawrence M. |author-last=Fisher |date=1992-11-04 |journal=[[New York Times]] |pages=13 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/04/business/business-technology-an-egalitarian-approach-gains-in-computing.html |access-date=2018-09-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716111537/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/04/business/business-technology-an-egalitarian-approach-gains-in-computing.html |archive-date=2012-07-16 |quote=[…] NetWare Lite, a peer-to-peer product introduced last year by Novell, has not made a significant impact on Artisoft, but analysts said that was because the product was weak. […]}}</ref> <ref name="Novell_2006_PWN10-NWL11-Patches">{{cite web |title=Minimum Patch List (Japanese) |language=ja, en |publisher=[[Novell]] |date=2006-01-19 |url=https://www.novell.com/ja-jp/support/support-j/patlst.html#nwlitej |access-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116231636/https://www.novell.com/ja-jp/support/support-j/patlst.html |archive-date=2017-01-16}}</ref> <ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs — Tips & Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |series=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=1997-07-30 |edition=3 |language=de |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |access-date=2012-01-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522014302/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |archive-date=2016-05-22}} (NB. NWDOSTIP.TXT is a comprehensive work on [[Novell DOS 7]] and [[OpenDOS 7.01]], including the description of many undocumented features and internals. It is part of the author's yet larger MPDOSTIP.ZIP collection maintained up to 2001 and distributed on many sites at the time. The provided link points to a HTML-converted older version of the NWDOSTIP.TXT file.)</ref> <ref name="Liebing_1996">{{cite web |title=NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows: Overview of Architecture and Features |author-first=Edward A. |author-last=Liebing |date=1996-05-01 |publisher=[[Novell]] |work=Novell AppNotes |url=https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960501.html |access-date=2018-08-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818204926/https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960501.html |archive-date=2018-08-18 |quote=[…] At this time, Client 32 does not support peer-to-peer connections via Personal NetWare. […]}}</ref> <ref name="Liebing_1996_Install32">{{cite web |title=Installing NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows |author-first=Edward A. |author-last=Liebing |date=1996-05-01 |publisher=[[Novell]] |work=Novell AppNotes |url=https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960502.html |access-date=2018-09-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180909200133/https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960502.html |archive-date=2018-09-09}}</ref> <ref name="Novell_1995_NWLITE">{{cite web |title=Upgrade to NetWare Lite 1.1 for DOS and Win |date=1995-11-03 |id=1203078 |publisher=[[Novell]] |url=https://support.novell.com/subscriptions/readmes/1203078.html |access-date=2018-05-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510102814/https://support.novell.com/subscriptions/readmes/1203078.html |archive-date=2018-05-10}} [http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=8ExECBTrBVE~]</ref> <ref name="Novell_1996_NWUSER">{{cite web |title=Using Novell's NetWare User Tools (NWUSER.EXE) for Client 32 |author-first1=Edward A. |author-last1=Liebing |author-first2=Mike |author-last2=Hemsley |author-first3=Ben |author-last3=Hendrick |date=1996-05-05 |orig-year=1996-05-01 |publisher=[[Novell]] |work=Novell AppNotes |url=https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960505.html |access-date=2018-09-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180910094857/https://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/ana19960505.html |archive-date=10 September 2018 |quote=[…] The default is to have all resources selected; however, only those resources whose functions are enabled appear in black. Those resources whose functions are not enabled appear "grayed out" like Personal (for Personal NetWare) […] Depending on your rights, you can enable or disable the Bindery, Personal, DS (Directory Services) Objects, and DS Containers entries) […]}}</ref> <ref name="Tittel_1994_NIOS">{{cite journal |title=Novell at a crossroads |author-first=Ed |author-last=Tittel |journal=[[InfoWorld]] |date=1994-11-04 |pages=116, 118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bTgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118 |access-date=2018-09-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180916181518/https://books.google.ru/books?id=bTgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&redir_esc=y%23v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> </references>

==Further reading== * {{cite web |title=Novell ODI Specification: NetWare 16-Bit DOS - Protocol Stacks and MLIDs - ODI Specification Version 4.00 |id=Part Number: 107–00078–001 |date=1996-02-02 |version=1.03 |publisher=[[Novell, Inc.]] |url=https://www.novell.com/documentation/developer/lancomp/dos_psta/dos_pstack.pdf |access-date=2018-09-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917071444/https://www.novell.com/documentation/developer/lancomp/dos_psta/dos_pstack.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-17}} * {{cite web |title=NOVELFAX.ZIP |date=1993-06-15 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=[[Novell]] |url=https://www.pcorner.com/list/NETWORK/NOVELFAX.ZIP/INFO/ |access-date=2018-09-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180919115355/https://www.pcorner.com/list/NETWORK/NOVELFAX.ZIP/INFO/ |archive-date=2018-09-19}}

==External links== * {{Official website|drdos.com}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180821031854/http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/ DR-DOS 7 online manuals also covering Personal NetWare, ODI/VLM and TCP/IP]}} * https://www.novell.com/developer/ndk/odi_lan_driver_components.html * https://www.novell.com/developer/ndk/novell_developer_kit_unsupported.html

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