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- Please Note: This text applies to the full version only, serial games are
- not available in the demo version.
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- The 'How-To-Do' Serial Games Check List
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-
- The manual is a little unclear when it comes to playing serial games.
- So here is a quick and easy guide...... Modem games are no different
- from null modem games as far as these instructions go.
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- 1 - Both machines should select a matching baud rate from the link-up
- menu. Always try 19200 Baud at first. We have connected at much
- faster baud rates also, but 9600 sometimes causes problems.
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- 2 - Decide which machine is to be master, and which is to be slave. Modem
- users decide which machine will answer
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- 3 - See the manual for initialising the connection
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- 4 - If a successful connection is established both users will be returned
- to the 'Link-Up' menu, and the 'Hang Up' (or hand up according to the
- manual!) option should now be available. Both users must select Hang-Up
- if they want to quit the connection, and if you are informed that
- an error has occurred at any point you *must still* select hang up.
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- 5 - The 'Slave' machine then selects Exit, and starts a game. When prompted
- for the number of players, this refers to the number of players on
- the 'Slave' machine, not the total number of players.
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- 6 - Once the number of players has been selected, the screen will go blank
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- 7 - Once this is done the 'Master' machine should do the same thing. The
- 'Master' machine then decides all further gameplay options.
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- 8 - With the 'Slave' machine still blacked out, the players on the 'Master'
- machine select their cars. Once this is done, players on the 'Slave'
- machine can do the same thing.
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- 9 - Once this is complete, the game will start. You may have to wait for
- the other machine to finish loading, and this can take quite different
- times on different machines.
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- 10 - The Frame rates are *independent*. This means that a fast computer
- can still run the game smoother than the slower computer.
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- 11 - Sometimes the game will suddenly get slow. This is when an error has
- occured. After a few seconds the problem is usually sorted. Sometimes
- faster or slower baud rates can help reduce this problem, as can using
- a shorter serial cable.
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- 12 - Thats about it really :)
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