Re: little tidbits of QUAKE info from Jay

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From: edr... Eric Dreas
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 15:20

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In article <3hqr5o$o...@hawk.anselm.edu>,
Michael Swiderek <mswi...@hawk.anselm.edu> wrote:
>Kevin Bagnall (umba...@cc.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
>: >: From what I gather, all the information for gameplay is gathered from 
>: >: the server.  If the server sysop wants a chicken launcher, so be it- but 
>: >: an individual can't make one and not let anybody else have it.
>
>: What about playing modem-link? How are things made equal? I think Quake is 
>: going to be one big complicated mess.
>
>: Kevin Bagnall
>
>Frankly, I'm worried that we are all going to be disappointed -- keep in mind
>this is taking on a huge task, but only on 486...  Seems risky.


Only the client will run on a 486 class (or other) machine.
The server can run on anything.  Even a Sparc.
 
-- 

Eric Dreas                          #include <std.disclaimer>
Associate Engineer                  Go Big Red!

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From: edr...@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Eric Dreas)
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Subject: Re: little tidbits of QUAKE info from Jay
Date: 16 Feb 1995 08:20:24 -0700
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