Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)

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Sujet : Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)
De : ant (at) *nospam* zimage.comANT (Ant)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Date : 14. Oct 2024, 01:01:44
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:13:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:17:50 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:


Speaking of action games, what games did you play over dial-up? For me,
Duke3D, DOOM, Heretic, BattleZone, MotoRacer, Diablo, Warcraft, Quake, etc.


If you mean direct connect (as opposed to dial-up Internet), then
pretty much Doom. I think we tried Falcon 3.0 (or some flight sim?)
and Wing Commander Armada, and a few others here and there (thinking
back, I remember Witchhaven briefly entertained us) but mainly I
remember playing a lot of Doom.


Nah, that's like direct serial connection. I remember parallel cable
could be used for DOOM back in 1994! It actually worked, but slow. I
tried to find it but https://archive.org/details/cdrom_201511 is
temporarily down. :(.
>

Well, only in the sense that the modem connected to the serial port. 

    [Oh boy, those were the days when you had to know the IRQ
     and port assignments for your serial ports. I am NOT unhappy
     that little bit of trivia has escaped my brain]

You could do a direct connect between two computers via serial (either
by a null-modem cable or parallel if you were hacky) but modems meant
you didn't have to be in the same room. It did limit you to just two
players... but then so did serial connects.

It being the early days of multiplayer, my friends and I shared a
couple of walkie-talkie radios (as we lived in nearby apartments) that
had _just_ enough range to allow us voice communications. ;-)

Ha, Much better than typing and reading chat texts.
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26 Sep 24 * FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse74Spalls Hurgenson
27 Sep 24 `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse73Ant
27 Sep 24  +* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse69Dimensional Traveler
28 Sep 24  i+- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1Ant
30 Sep 24  i`* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse67candycanearter07
1 Oct 24  i `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse66Ant
2 Oct 24  i  `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse65candycanearter07
2 Oct 24  i   `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse64Spalls Hurgenson
3 Oct 24  i    `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse63Ant
3 Oct 24  i     `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse62candycanearter07
4 Oct 24  i      `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse61Ant
4 Oct 24  i       `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse60candycanearter07
4 Oct 24  i        `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse59Dimensional Traveler
4 Oct 24  i         `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse58Ant
7 Oct 24  i          `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse57Justisaur
7 Oct 24  i           +* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse9Spalls Hurgenson
8 Oct 24  i           i+* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse6Dimensional Traveler
8 Oct 24  i           ii+* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse4Xocyll
9 Oct 24  i           iii`* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse3Ant
9 Oct 24  i           iii +- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1Justisaur
9 Oct 24  i           iii `- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1Xocyll
8 Oct 24  i           ii`- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1candycanearter07
8 Oct 24  i           i`* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse2Justisaur
9 Oct 24  i           i `- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1Ant
8 Oct 24  i           `* Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)47Ant
9 Oct 24  i            `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)46Spalls Hurgenson
9 Oct 24  i             +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)8Xocyll
9 Oct 24  i             i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)7Spalls Hurgenson
13 Oct 24  i             i `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)6Zaghadka
13 Oct 24  i             i  +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Xocyll
14 Oct 24  i             i  i`- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Ant
13 Oct 24  i             i  `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)3Dimensional Traveler
14 Oct 24  i             i   `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Ant
14 Oct 24  i             i    `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Dimensional Traveler
10 Oct 24  i             `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)37Ant
10 Oct 24  i              `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)36Spalls Hurgenson
10 Oct 24  i               +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)27Ant
11 Oct 24  i               i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)26Spalls Hurgenson
12 Oct 24  i               i +- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Dimensional Traveler
12 Oct 24  i               i `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)24Ant
12 Oct 24  i               i  `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)23Spalls Hurgenson
12 Oct 24  i               i   `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)22Ant
14 Oct 24  i               i    +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)5Ant
16 Oct 24  i               i    i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)4Ant
16 Oct 24  i               i    i `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)3Justisaur
16 Oct 24  i               i    i  `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Zaghadka
16 Oct 24  i               i    i   `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Xocyll
15 Oct 24  i               i    `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)16candycanearter07
15 Oct 24  i               i     `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)15Spalls Hurgenson
15 Oct 24  i               i      +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)6Zaghadka
18 Oct 24  i               i      i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)5candycanearter07
20 Oct 24  i               i      i `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)4Ant
20 Oct 24  i               i      i  +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Spalls Hurgenson
20 Oct 24  i               i      i  i`- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Zaghadka
20 Oct 24  i               i      i  `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1candycanearter07
15 Oct 24  i               i      `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)8candycanearter07
16 Oct 24  i               i       `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)7Spalls Hurgenson
16 Oct 24  i               i        `* BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)6Ant
18 Oct 24  i               i         `* Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)5candycanearter07
20 Oct 24  i               i          `* Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)4Ant
20 Oct 24  i               i           `* Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)3candycanearter07
21 Oct 24  i               i            `* Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Ant
21 Oct 24  i               i             `- Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1George Musk
11 Oct 24  i               +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)6Dimensional Traveler
12 Oct 24  i               i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)5Ant
12 Oct 24  i               i +* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)3Spalls Hurgenson
12 Oct 24  i               i i`* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Ant
14 Oct 24  i               i i `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Ant
13 Oct 24  i               i `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Xocyll
13 Oct 24  i               `* Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)2Zaghadka
14 Oct 24  i                `- Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse)1Ant
28 Sep 24  `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse3Spalls Hurgenson
28 Sep 24   `* Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse2Ant
28 Sep 24    `- Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse1Spalls Hurgenson

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