Re: want 386 class ipx games

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From: Nathan Carter AC
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00

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> > >Check stores like Circuit City or Staples.  They usually have older
> > >games cheap.  I got some flight sim/combat  game that was ipx
> > >compatible and ran great  on my old slow 486 (still using the old
> > >beast :) ).  Unfortunately, I can't remember the name, and I dunno if
> > >it would run in only 2.5 M RAM.
> > 
> > Are you perhaps thinking of the "NetWars" game which shipped with
> > Novell DOS?  An upgraded version comes with Caldera DOS
> > (www.caldera.com) but I can't say how well it would work on a 386.

Does Scorched Earth work over a network? I think the latest version might.
It's only $10 to register, but the author *might* cut you some slack on
multiple copies if it's for a public-service-type thing.  Just do a web
search for it, I'm sure you'll find it. Even if it doesn't support
networking, you can have several people playing on one machine..

- Nathan / Mega

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Subject: Re: want 386 class ipx games
Date: 1997/12/01
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