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Article #74414Re: Quake on winxp?
From: Alan Woodland
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:57
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:57
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Nicholas Taylor wrote: > "Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> writes: > > >>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? :( > > > Is it possible to persuade Windows to run a TCP/IP connection over a > serial link? I seem to remember doing something along these lines on > Win95, using the "Direct Cable Connection" stuff. I'm not sure > whether the Amiga will be able to decipher it, though. That wont work unless you set up a tcp/ip tunnel over the serial connection between the amiga and the PC. Never having owned an amiga myself and not knowing very much about them im afraid I cant help, although I imagine someone somewhere must have done it. Probably easier would be to purchase two ethernet cards one for the pc and one for the amiga and just run tcp/ip over the network Alan
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