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In Article<sObL4LB0...@scss.demon.co.uk>, <Ad...@scss.demon.co.uk> writes:
 
> For some weird reason, "Matthew A. Schnoor" <sch...@cs.pdx.edu> was
> possessed to write
> >
> >On 6 Apr 1996, Macky Stingray wrote:
> >
> >>   Ethernet can be kind of considered a rich man's toy, I guess, but
> >> damn, it's nice...
> >
> >Rich?  Hardly.  Cheap BNC cards run for $50 or less in all the catalogs I 
> >get.  Nothing for great performance (they ain't no Intel cards) but 
> >they're a full 10Mbps.  BNC cabling is pretty cheap too.
> >
> Yep, and, you then need two of them, and another computer to put the
> other in. You can't _really_ play much of a network game with one
> computer.

	Well, yes... but if you have friends who want to play H2H, generally
	they have a computer. 

	Two of my friends own systems of comparable power, and each has
	purchased their own network card. Somewhere we scrounged some
	cable and terminators, and on Friday nights (much to our SO's 
	dismay) we meet at one of our houses, hauling around our whole
	systems. 
	
	We then spend about an hour setting things up (and drinking
	beer!), and then play 'till 3AM or so.... great fun! We've been doing
	this since Falcon 3.0 came out, and we recruited another for a 4some
	when DOOM appeared. Duke will breath new life into the weekly 'death'
	session once again!! :)
	
	Point is, we didn't spend more than $60 or so per person for this 
	much fun. We got the network drivers from work, and one of us just
	had the cables lieing around. True, you might have to buy some 
	cables, but if each person get's thier own, it still only adds
	about $10 to the cost. That, and the hassle of lugging around desktop
	systems, with all the speakers, mice, joysticks, etc. every Friday!! 
	
	:)

	-Matt