From: jedi AT kdt DOT de (Daniel J. Rauhaus)
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Subject: Re: how did Quake do it???
Date: 1 Feb 2001 17:49:04 GMT
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Sahab Yazdani <sahaby AT operamail DOT com> wrote: 
<3A7876BC DOT 2060603 AT operamail DOT com>:

>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????

Perhaps you should have a look at the sources. They are available on 

ftp.idsoftware.com

Daniel