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"Networking the Desktop: Netware", Deni Connor/Mark Anderson, 1996,
0-12-185866-9, U$29.95
%A   Deni Connor
%A   Mark Anderson
%C   1300 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA   02167
%D   1996
%G   0-12-185866-9
%I   Academic Press Professional
%O   U$29.95 app@acad.com +1-617-232-0500 +1-800-3131277
%P   249
%T   "Networking the Desktop: Netware"
 
According to the Introduction and the table of contents, the book provides
three sets of information.  The first covers installation of the DOS, OS/2,
Windows, and Windows95/NT operating systems and the Netware workstation
clients.  The second looks at connections to other types of networks, such as
Macintosh, peer-to-peer, diskless workstations, IBM LAN, and TCP/IP.  The final
chapter deals with troubleshooting.
 
Seldom, however, have I read a technical book that contains so little
information pertinent to the stated topic.  The level of detail is appropriate
only to the rank beginner.  Instructions rely completely on automated
installation processes.  NDIS and ODI are not even mentioned in the index,
although they do get a terse reference in the OS/2 chapter.  In addition, the
collection of errors is fantastic and wide ranging.  As only one example, the
book indicates that IBM's PC-DOS is the only DOS that can accommodate multi-
boot systems, states outright that PC-DOS is the only DOS to have backup and
disk compression software, and foully slanders IBM by saying that PC-DOS ships
with Central Point's desperately mediocre antivirus.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKNTDNTW.RVW   960614

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