Novell S-Net

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Novell S-Net
Website	www.novell.com
Company/ developer	Novell, Inc.
OS family	Network operating systems
Source model	Closed source
Initial release	1983
Available language(s)	English
Supported platforms	Motorola 68000
License	Proprietary

S-Net was a network operating system and the set of network protocols it used to talk to client machines on the network. Released by Novell in 1983, the S-Net operating system was an entirely proprietary operating system written for the Motorola 68000 processor. It used a star network topology.

S-Net has also been called NetWare 68, with the 68 denoting the 68000 processor. It was superseded by NetWare 86, which was written for the Intel 8086 processor, in 1985.

[edit] References

• A brief timeline and description of Novell Operating systems
• A mostly Korean-text history of Network Operating systems
• A detailed description of the evolution of S-Net