Subj : Re: Games of 2022
To   : bbsing
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Mar 26 2022 23:55:52

 bb> Yes the sersetup! That was the way to do it, and you never knew was it
 bb> going to work the first time or not.
 bb> 

It worked OK over the null modem cable (I still have one!)

 bb> ATS0=1, and a nice ATA at the other end. 
 bb> 

We did "ATA" at both ends, timed *just* right.  Had to configure the modems the same.

 bb> Eventually my neighbor and I found out we could use our terminal program
 bb> to initiate the call (telix), then not hang, then start a multi player
 bb> doom.  I didn't realize 3 players could play. That would have been
 bb> awesome.   
 bb> 
 bb> That sounds awesome! My roommate and I played via null modem cable. Like
 bb> you I had no network card so it was modems or serial lines. Long ago I
 bb> could play games until dawn and not be wrecked two days later :)
 bb> 
 bb> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/19 (Windows/32)
 bb>  * Origin: The ROCK III - therockbbs.net - TELNET:10023 (21:4/156)

The three player functionality was some third party mod.  Someone wrote their own version of sersetup which could do it.  Most of the time, we just used the null modem cable.

Man, I miss those days!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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