SummaryXodel calculations on the positive column of a neon gas-discharge for gas pressures between 50 and 3.50 torr and currents between 5 and 100 mA are presented. In these calculations a Druyvesteyn distribution for the electron energy has been used. Volume recombination and radially dependent electron and gas temperatures have been taken into account. Numerical results are compared with available experimental data. In purticular, the axial field strength, electron density, electron temperature and ambipolar field strength are considered. I n general, the agreement between experimental a n d numerical data is good.