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- On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Magnus Kollberg wrote:
-
- > > > Another problem
- > > > with midi files would be if we are going to make it use the midi-ports
- > > > for networking.
- > >
- > > I hadn't thought about that... I guess my suggestion about using
- > > MiNT/MiNTNet for networking wasn't feasible enough. :) Hmm... Maybe
- > > the game could run the whole time on supervisor mode (->no scheduling)
- > > and call the Net driver through kernel tables or something. It might
- > > still have too much overhead though. I'll have to do some inquiries
- > > on the MiNT mailing list!
- >
- > Using MiNT we will have less memory to play with. I think we will need every
- > kB available on a 4MB machine. I don't think MiNTNet is fast enough and
- > will only complicate things even more. I know that Doug and Dave is discussing
- > a network with 24 machines! Imagine! Play doom with 24 machines!! WOW!
-
- One problem with MiNTnet is the fact that though some people can and like to
- use it, for most "ordinary" Falcon users it will cause problems. One
- partition has to be turned into a MiniX-partition, and still the net isn't
- exactly an easy one to set up.. =( No problem for many people, but I think
- we have to take care of "the rest" as well..
-
- > //Magnus Kollberg
-
- Tommi
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