From:	"Alexei A. Frounze" <dummy_addressee AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: how did Quake do it???
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:54:56 -0500
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it's done using IPX protocol. it can be either supported by a DOS driver (in
case of DOS OS) or by a windows driver (in case of windows OS).

Good Luck
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"Sahab Yazdani" <sahaby AT operamail DOT com> wrote in message
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> okay, I'm wondering, how did the original Quake manage to make
> networking under DOS work???  i know it opened up some kind of portal
> into Windows and then used that as its transport, but HOW???? anybody
> know, care to tell the rest of us????
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