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Article #74411Re: Quake on winxp?
From: Shaggy
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 11:30
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 11:30
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On 8 Dec 2002 17:33:10 +0000, "Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On 08-Dec-02 08:49:19, Shaggy said >>On 7 Dec 2002 19:15:1 +0000, "Angus Manwaring" >><angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>It a Gforce Ti with 64 megs I believe. > > >>if your xp drive is fat32 try a win98 boot disk and install quake from dos >>you can get a w98boot disk from www.bootdisk.com > >I actually tried that before but it threw up some error - I think. > > > >>the quake install files used to be in LHA format which from memory >>winzip will open you could also try winzip to extract the files. > >LHA! You're talking my language now, that's Amiga stuff. No, I think its >ICE or something. > >But anyway, I've managed to get it installed now (probably because I was >doing something daft in the first place) and I downloaded the glquake >patch. > >It works! :) > >But what started this is that I wanted to play multiplayer Quake with my >son using the pc while I staggered around like a drunk on the Amiga, >connected by serial link. > >On my Amiga version of the game it has TCP, modem and serial multiplayer >options. The pc appears to only offer TCP, is that right? :( > > modem, serial play was dropped from winquake/glquake ice is the name of the quake dos unpacker but it's still LHA format
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