S-Net (aka ShareNet) was a
network operating system and the set of
network protocols it used to talk to client machines on the network. Released by
Novell
Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi-platform network operating system known as Novell NetWare.
Under the lead ...
in 1983, the S-Net operating system was an entirely proprietary operating system written for the
Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector ...
processor. It used a
star network topology
A star network is an implementation of a spoke–hub distribution paradigm in computer networks. In a star network, every host is connected to a central hub. In its simplest form, one central hub acts as a conduit to transmit messages. The ...
.
S-Net has also been called NetWare 68, with the 68 denoting the 68000 processor. It was superseded by
NetWare 86
NetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol.
The original NetWare product in 19 ...
, which was written for the
Intel 8086
The 8086 (also called iAPX 86) is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978, when it was released. The Intel 8088, released July 1, 1979, is a slightly modified chip with an external 8-bit data bus (allowi ...
processor, in 1985.
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Network operating systems
S-Net
S-Net is a worldwide inter-satellite communications network consisting of four satellites and being operated by the Technical University of Berlin.
Description
The project has the goal to investigate and demonstrate inter-satellite communication t ...
Proprietary operating systems
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