Number:        A2TH071990U177
Subject:       No Workstation Drivers For NE3200 or NE2/32
Date:          August 1, 1990
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GENERAL
INFORMATION:   According to the product manager for 386 LAN drivers, 
               Novell's stand on workstation drivers for the NE3200 and 
               NE2-32 boards has not changed and is as follows:
 
               There are no current plans to provide workstation drivers 
               for either the 286 or the 386 environment.  Because these 
               boards are considered high-end file server cards and 
               marketing does not anticipate a large demand for these cards 
               to be used in workstations.

               This isn't only a marketing issue.

               DOS is a 16-bit OS, as are OS/2 and NetWare 286.  As we all 
               know, this means they push data around 16 bits at a time.  
               Right?  There is no way they would benefit significantly 
               from 32-bit LAN cards.  Some recent benchmarks in PC 
               Magazine showed that the Compaq Systempro's 32-bit drive 
               array actually slowed DOS down!  So the moral of the story 
               is 32-bit cards are for the 32-bit OS.  There is really only 
               one.