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Re: want 386 class ipx games

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From: vipf... Marvin Cantwell remove s...
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:00
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hey@hey.hey (Barny Gumble) wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Nov 1997 01:37:13 -0500, "Joe M. Morris"
><morrisjm@eckerd.edu.nospam> wrote:

>>hey, i'm working on a service project setting up computers for disabled
>>veterans to use, and i want to have some network games for them to play.
>>i need ipx-compatible networkable games that can run on a 386DX-16 with
>>2.5M of memory. anybody got anything?
>>
For almost anything, including the original doom you need 4 megs of
ram, standalone or across th wire.  I seem to remember some text based
multiplayer games from long ago but don't know where you can find
them, try poking around some of the larger archives like
oak.oakland.edu or a simtel mirror site.  Good luck.


Marvin Cantwell CNE, MCPS, A+, CAT5 Certified><>
MIS VIP Foodservice, Maui, Hawaii
Any opionions and views expressed are strictly my own.
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Subject: Re: want 386 class ipx games
Date: 1997/11/13
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