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Topic: Mac to PC networking Current Date/Time:
May 19, 2000 20:58:59
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vaxhacker
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San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2000
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posted May 12, 2000 19:51
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Hints on getting the Mac and PC versions of SMAC to talk to each other over a simple LAN (no DHCP, just ethernet hubs). I've got MacIPX installed (from Starcraft (tm)), but there doesn't seem to be an option in SMAC to use it. Ideas?
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Qualiciide
Warlord
victor NY, USA
Mar 2000
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posted May 12, 2000 20:23
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no ideas, but im currently involved in a PBEM game with PC users and it worked out fine |
bradman
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Phoenix, AZ, USA
Mar 2000
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posted May 12, 2000 23:31
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Originally posted by vaxhacker on 05-12-2000 07:51 PM
Hints on getting the Mac and PC versions of SMAC to talk to each other over a simple LAN (no DHCP, just ethernet hubs). I've got MacIPX installed (from Starcraft (tm)), but there doesn't seem to be an option in SMAC to use it. Ideas?
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SMAC is Mac->Mac only for network games. The PC version used Microsoft's proprietary DirectPlay. Brad
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vaxhacker
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San Francisco, CA, USA
May 2000
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posted May 13, 2000 00:36
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Originally posted by bradman on 05-12-2000 11:31 PM
SMAC is Mac->Mac only for network games. The PC version used Microsoft's proprietary DirectPlay.Brad
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Too bad. I was asking about IPX since there seemed to be an option for it on the Windows version I was attempting to hook up to. ------------------
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TheAppleGuy
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Raleigh NC USA
Dec 1999
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posted May 19, 2000 06:50
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Haven't played SMAC, so the previous post is probably right, but there is a more recent version of MacIPX floating around somewhere...the vers. from StarCraft is one or two versions old...If I can find the files in my archives I'll send em to you |
Frankie
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Baltimore, MD
Mar 2000
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posted May 19, 2000 16:35
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quote:
Originally posted by bradman on 05-12-2000 11:31 PM
The PC version used Microsoft's proprietary DirectPlay.
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Yep. Jason Coleman is a nice guy, but he went to the Dark Side of the Force. But this leads to another question -- how about Mac vs Linux? Any idea what Loki is doing for network code? |
bradman
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Phoenix, AZ, USA
Mar 2000
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posted May 19, 2000 20:58
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Originally posted by Frankie on 05-19-2000 04:35 PM
But this leads to another question -- how about Mac vs Linux? Any idea what Loki is doing for network code?
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That's a good question - I don't know. I don't believe there is a high-level networking API on Linux like DirectPlay or NetSprocket, so they may take a very different approach. Brad |
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