Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:37:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: doomlike <doomlike@accescyb.fr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: games ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960911183444.224G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3236C909.2833@accescyb.fr>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, doomlike wrote: > I'm a 25 old french student, having a PC with win 95 and a modem. Not > Unix station. Can I use your software to play action 3d games like doom > or quake through the internet with other persons ? > Thanks for your answer . That is a function of the game, not the OS. Doom's (and most other networking systems) have two major flaws: 1) They use IPX, which does not route over the Internet. 2) Network games transmit a high amount of data and expect instant response times -- the Internet is not such a network! It would be _hell_ to play Doom over the Internet, when Doom expects total synchronization with all the clients! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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