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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk 16 Apr \ on: The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party gaming
We used to bring just motherboard and other parts of PC instead of whole thing (because case itself is heavy enough) and then play Doom and Warcraft using self soldered RS232 serial cables.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 16 Apr
Manually crossing the cable and connecting over IPX? 😅 Classic!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 16 Apr
First part correct, but there was no need for IPX, lots of games had built-in "null modem" networking support.
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