Re: want 386 class ipx games

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From: ras... Charles Dye
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 00:00

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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:54:17 GMT, karl...@bc.edu (Karl Kemp) 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?

>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.

And then there's Hearts (with Windows for Workgroups) ....

ras...@highfiber.com

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Subject: Re: want 386 class ipx games
Date: 1997/11/19
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