Technologies that Didn’t: Directory Services One of the most important features of the Network Operating Systems, like Banyan Vines and Novell Netware, available in the middle of the 1980’s was their integrated directory system. These directory systems allowed for the automatic discovery of many different kinds of devices attached to a network, such as printers, servers, and computers. @ECI Lighttalk Related Posted in ON THE NET ← History of Networking: The Grandfather of the InternetWeekend Reads 022119 →