Novell S-Net

Novell S-Net

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
Official website	www.novell.com

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 It was superseded by NetWare 86, which was written for the Intel 8086 processor, in 1985.

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