Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:01:44 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <3lungj5j9k0be4pqlud5gcdb5rh5moo2u2@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:01:44 +0000 Lines: 47 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-YacdPEIxl2hAMQMNXdVw77dUPLdfb+nGoywozWAqJVGotLqZOypDZeOgGBj3t6y3EFyyp14Ynb96QnG!yjV+3bDl+vVmxr5Nu+OajORLYERi9M2CDdZHVN3ETTBDFIPCWcsN5498iUN/bR6r/1p/Xx/+5HeK!+mj7g/PwUO7gIgBlWvnPM4xpfzp72Hz0 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3797 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:13:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >Spalls Hurgenson 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. -- "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." --1 Corinthians 10:13. Trojans failed again. Go Doyers! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )