Lmst

Linus actually has a good point. Filesystem case sensitivity has always, always been controversial. #NetWare was so secure because of the #filesystem case sensitivity (among other things) and then they allowed spaces. And I remember people fucking with NetWare servers by using weird filenames . In my AP compsci classes we were hiding warez that way. And now you see fucking EMOJI in filenames, and the spec changes on social whims at a drop of the hat. #tech #linux https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Anti-Case-Fold

Hmm. I think, I will switch back to using AIR instead of Novell #NetWare for #GlobalTalk.
Something made AppleTalk on NetWare 4.11 crash for the second time now and AURP stopped working...
After starting AIR again now (with the latest nodelist from @kalleboo), I do see 87 zones now :)

@ahihi
I also can see your zone :)
The screenshot shows the #NetWare tool ATCON.NLM, the AppleTalk Console (with german locale, sorry for that).
#GlobalTalk

NetWare tool ATCON, the AppleTalk Console, showing several AppleTalk entities in the zones puluworld and Iridium

The latest #MARCHintosh Daily News just arrived via #GlobalTalk ! And even through my #NetWare server :-)
Thank you @dillera !
But page 10 seems to have some issues here... could you resend pages 9 and up? Thanks!

I've created a Python script which downloads the #GlobalTalk nodelist from @kalleboo, gets IPs for all hostnames and uploads the list as a #NetWare AURP.CFG file to the server (via FTP).
Together with CRON.NLM, which restarts AURP.NLM on NetWare, this should make it possible to follow all nodes :)

A Python script that dowloads a file with hostnames + IP addresses which gets converted to a NetWare AURP.CFG and uploaded via FTP to a NetWare server.

Hallo #GlobalTalk people! Can you still see the zone BabCom?
I've changed my AURP setup - removed AIR and made #Novell #NetWare 4.11 my AURP router system!
I can see many zones, although I've only added 3 IPs right now (unknown connections are allowed).
I'm just working on a method to update the AURP IP list. :)

When the Power #Macintosh ran #NetWare

https://bsky.app/profile/n4n0.ch/post/3lb3bc542xk2t

#retrocomputing #powerpc #powermac

@jamiesaker You had to ask. :D Let me add my tiny little contribution to your reach. I'm mostly into #DOS and OS/2 stuff myself, and I love maknig old hardware do stuff that nobody even thought of when they were new. Like running a web+ftp+irc server on a 286 (see http://floppy.museum). Or just re-living the old days, whether it's creative dying in #Sierra games or the hilarious exploits of #LucasArts adventures. I also run a #Novell #NetWare server on a 486, obviously under OS/2 because paravirtualisation was a thing on PC in 1994. #retrocomputing #os2

Another #Floppy #Museum and #BBS update!
TL;DR: The BBS is now served from the Novell server, and I've crammed a Novell client onto the http://floppy.museum/ floppy disk so it also runs a BBS node!

Long story:
For a while now, my BBS has been down because of corruption of message files, in turn caused by incompatibilities between OS/2's SMB implementation and that of #Samba. And since the latter has dropped support for old clients entirely, I had to do something to not only revive, but ensure the long-term survival of my BBS.

In my previous post on the subject, I bragged about my #OS/2 and #Novell #NetWare server. It's now serving most of my retro gear, including the machines that run my BBS nodes. I'm hoping this solves the problems I've had running multiple #Synchronet nodes.

And just for kicks, I managed to free up even more space on the floppy disk that the Floppy Museum boots and runs from, and squeezed in a Novell client. After a bit of fiddling to free up some RAM, I got a BBS node running, too! So now it has an HTTP server, an FTP server, an IRC server *and* a BBS node! All on an old 286. Beat that, The Cloud!

So fire up your Telnet clients and connect to floppy.museum, port 23!

(For anyone interested, the math challenge you get when connecting is a piece of nginx+lua code, you can find it here: https://github.com/ltning/telnet-challenge-proxy)

#retrocomputing #retro #286 #butwhy

#Legacy #NetWare for OS/2 was one of the most technically interesting products of the mid-1990s.

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/netware-for-os2/

So.. After a few - no, a lot - of snags and bugs and corner cases and compromises: #Novell #NetWare 4.2 (which is really 4.11 with some make-up) for OS/2 running on a 486DX50 EISA-based machine. Networking is by a pair of 100Mbit network cards (one for each kernel personality), while main file storage is on a #ZuluSCSI connected to an Adaptec 2742-controller.
For the occasion I also built a new "rack", with dedicated console for the machine. Next up - #IPX-ify all my #DOS machines :D
#retro #retrocomputing #supervisorhero

New "rack", cheap storage shelf from Clas Ohlson.. Top shelf with server mounted on an open frame hanging from the back wall; shelf below with display, keyboard and mouse.

Close-up of server; shelf is covered in gray LEGO surface with a few small LEGO cars and The Joker's helicopter suspended in front of the motherboard.

Screenshot (well, photo) of server; shows OS/2 desktop with the NetWare server in one window, the NWADMIN tool in a DOS box, NetWare Tools for OS/2 in a third window, and a Babylon 5 wallpaper.

Details of server: 128MB RAM, serial ports, Sound Blaster 16, Compaq NetFlex-3 EISA 100Mbit NIC, a hidden 3Com EISA 100Mbit NIC, an ISA ATI Mach64 with 4MB VRAM, an Adaptec AHA-2742 wide-SCSI controller, and (hidden) a Tekram VLB caching IDE controller.

The box is busy installing #NetWare updates. This is a 386-class machine (486DLC at the moment), so it's struggling quite a bit. Still, gets the job done. And when it's "only" doing file serving, the OS/2 UI is perfectly responsive and usable.
Next step is to replace the #SoundBlaster 16 CT1770 SCSI controller and ISA Promise DC200 cache controller (see pic) with a combo VLB IDE+SCSI controller, and the 3Com 3c509 10baseT NIC currently assigned to #Novell with a 100baseTX 3c515.
#retro #os2 #wheredidmyyouthgo

Novell's PMMon tool for OS/2 showing CPU and disk utilisation

Textmode installer applying service pack 9 for NetWare 4

A truly messy picture of the computer in use. A 386-class motherboard with various expansion cards, most notably a Sound Blaster 16 with SCSI controller and a ZuluSCSI dangling from it.

Repórter Retro 104

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/26/reporter-retro-104/

#ReprterRetro #Allejo #Amiga #Asianometry #ATAIDE #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Bloodfest #CasualRetroGamer #Centurion #COSMAC #CPM #CRT #Dartmouth #DavesGarage #dBASE #DBASEIII #DiscoRgido #EDS #EngenhariaReversa #Grficos #HappyLittleDiodes #IBM #IEEE #Jogos #KariLawler #LCD #Linux #Livros #MSDOS #MSX #Netware #Novell #OldComputersSucked #PCTools #PhintageCollector #ProteoContraCpia #Python #RetroGamesRediscovered #RetroH

Wait, how did that happen? Well, I guess I now own #Novell #NetWare 3.12 as well. (OEM copy)

😅

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Server

#AskFedi I seem to recall years ago there being a #Perl CPAN module that allowed you to write console apps that sort of had a look & feel like the #NetWare text menu interface. Damned if I can find it now (or maybe it was all in a dream). Assuming it did/does exist, can anyone point me at it?

@gmc Last time I touched #NetWare was in 1997 and we mostly did 3.11 back then (4.x was out already, but not many jumped on that train).

I remember it was a nightmare to install and stuff like transactions and NDS was even worse. 😆

Another one for the OS collection. May actually be so stupid to try and install it on some period-correct hardware. 😅

#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Novell #NetWare