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Re: Release Date?? Server Power?? Quaketalk??

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From: wa... Walt Armour
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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rob...@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:

>Could someone help me with a few questions.  What is the approx. new 
>release date of Quake?? How much server power will I need just to play two 
>people by modem?? What will be nessecary to play large quake games over 
>internet servers?? (i.e. Modem speed?, ISDN?) And lastly, how do I know 
>what the lastest version of quaketalk is and when mine becomes outdated?

The current rumors are saying April for release (oh god please let it
be).

As for server power, I don't think there are any real (i.e. hard,
factual) figures yet.  I would hope that a good P90/P100 could serve a
game up to just two clients. (Hopefully three or four clients).

I would think that a 14.4 modem would just barely be sufficient and
28.8 acceptable.  (Although I personally would recommend more than
that -- I'm moving in April and hope to talk the wife into ISDN.  Wish
me luck :)

I believe the latest version of quaketalk is 4.00.  Check out
http://www.prairienet.org/joshm/qtalk/ for the latest version and some
other info.

[Would Carmack, McGee, or Romero care to comment on the first three
items?]

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Subject: Re: Release Date?? Server Power?? Quaketalk??
Date: 1996/01/07
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