Gaming on old systems (was Re: Twiggys [was: Re: ka... ching!])

[Jerry Kemp]

supporting links, but not the original article from back in the day.

<http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Doom_in_workplaces>

<https://www.coursehero.com/file/p75til/When-the-game-Doom-first-came-out-this-was-a-complaint-about-its-network-code/>

<https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users/200802/msg00205.html>

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On 10/12/16 11:55 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote:
> This discussion is stirring up so many old memories.
>
> I distinctively recall, back at the time that this was relevant, that the (DOS)
> network game play was disrupting/saturating networks, because, if I recall the
> article correctly, the game was communicating with other nodes using broadcast
> packets, vs unicast or multicast packets.
>
> Off to Duckduckgo to see if I can find that article.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> On 10/12/16 04:22 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
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>>> Doom was *always* multiplayer and network aware. Doom 1.0 for DOS used
>>> IPX networking and allowed 4 players to deathmatch.
>>>
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