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Re: help! wfw <-> win95 multiplayer

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From: ma... Arnie
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 09 Feb 1997 10:00:44 -0800, "John, Ellen, Justin, Kristen,
Courtney" <jcol...@fishnet.net> wrote:

>>I have one machine running win95, and one running wfw3.11.  Both have
>>IPX/SPX network with netbios support running as default protocol.
>>The win95 machine has a cd-rom, the wfw machine does not.  war2 was 
>>installed to the win 95 machine from the cd-rom.  It was also installed
>>to the wfw machine with the cd-rom mounted as a remote drive.  When
>>the win95 machine creates a multi-player game, the wfw machine can join
>>and each machine can send messages to the other, but the start button
>>on the win95 machine is greyed out.  The wfw machine can click on a
>>box at the far left, but this toggles an X in the box on both machines.
>>What do I need to do to get the "Start" button active on the Win95
>>machine?

When you do this, the START button should no longer be greyed out.
Have you watched the start button when this happens? I have 3
computers netwokred in WIN95 and that is how it works.

P.S. For some good 2x PUDs and some other files for Warcraft2 see may
page:

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Arnie Mahns                           Gresham, Oregon U.S.A
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