SABER LAN / Athena Problem

[Peter Collins]

Hello:

A member of the listserv that helps with the Nichols Advanced Technology
PC library automation product Athena suggested that some members of this
list might be able to help with the problem described below.

Thanks in advance, and don't hesitate to tell me if this is the wrong
place to seek advice!

We are experiencing a big problem upgrading our Athena 96 system to 97,
and it's not really a Nichols problem, as their tech support has pointed
out after several conversations.  Perhaps someone on the list can help.

We have a Novell 3.12 LAN with a shared copy of Win3.1 and use SABER LAN
Workstation v.5.0 to replace Program Manager for its security and
menuing capabilities.

After upgrading to Athena 97, we can use Athena fine from any
workstation on the network.  Once we quit Athena and return to the SABER
menu, however, the next action, such as trying to open another program
or another sub-menu, will cause a Windows Application Error, usually
saying that something caused an error in module SMENU (SABER) or
sometimes in SVGA256.DRV, or sometimes something else depending on the
configuration of the workstation.  Clicking on the Continue or Close
button causes the menu to go away and leaves you with nothing.  The only
way to get out of the blank screen is to reboot the machine.

The long and the short of it is that something happens when exiting
Athena that causes SABER to blow up when the next action is invoked.

McAfee tech support (now owner of SABER) no longer supports v.5.0, so I
get no help on that front.

Anyone out there got any clever ideas, other than the network
workstation ugrade to Win95 that I cannot afford right now?

Thanks in advance, and I hope everyone's summer is going well.

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