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In article <laurenceCv1w0E.45D@netcom.com> laurence@netcom.com (Andrew Laurence) writes:
>Yesterday I was at the NetWare Users Conference in San Jose, CA, and I saw
>a product called CD-View from Ornetix. It appears to be a NetWare emulator
>which allows sharing of CD-ROMs with or without a NetWare server. Apparently
>what sets this product apart from others is that it appears to NetWare as a
>NetWare server, even though it does not actually run NetWare.
>Has anyone tried this product? How well does it work? What about speed?

We got CD-View on a 30-day evaluation (however, due to a screwup in our
purchasing department we ended up purchasing it).  It keeps its promise
that it appears to be a separate server on the Novell network, and you
log into it separately.  I originally installed it in a 486DX2-66 w/16MB
because it said it needed major horsepower if it was to be running on a
system that is being used (we don't have any "free" pc's, do you? does
anyone?)

PROBLEM 1: It requires SHARE.EXE to be loaded.  It won't work with VSHARE.386!
	Using VSHARE.386 caused the system to hang every time.

PROBLEM 2: The machine user needed to run DOS programs daily, so SHARE.EXE
	couldn't be loaded, or his DOS programs caused his machine to hang.

The software now sits unused in a box, partly because I have to install it
on my machine which is impossible because I don't have a 3 1/2" drive...
yet (it's on order), and partly because my machine has much less punch
(386/16 MHz w/ 8MB) and I'm afraid I won't be able to do much system work.

It's NOT thousands of dollars if you're willing to get the 5 user license,
and set up 5 separate USERID's.  Any novell user can access it, except
that only 5 at a time have access.

Since we never got it going for long, I have no answer WRT speed.  I do
know only that it works as it says it will.

Sally

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