DooM I/II (1.9) Retro LAN party

DooM I/II (1.9) Retro LAN party - trouble

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ferdimh@gmx.de - 29 Sep 2007 11:15 GMT

I am going to celebrate a "retro gaming" LAN party in october this
year.
I want to play DooM I/II (DOS Version 1.9!) there. I've already set up
a 10Base2 (Coax) LAN, with 3c509.com and pdipx.com, and got it running
with Quake I. But with DooM 1 oder II both test computers broadcast
something every second waiting for answer (The data reaches the other
computer according to pktwatch.com), but never connect.
The DooM FAQ (Version 6.666) describes the DooM 1.666 command line
option -nodes, which has no effect. Does anybody know command line
options for DooM 1.9, or can someone tell me how to get the old
version?
My first ideo was to set up a BBS-like multiplayer game server which
then connects to each computer via a serial link. I found the server
software here:
http://www.jaegertech.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=31
But I can't download it. An attempt to email the webmaster has failed
too.
Does anybody have the server software?
For any help, thanks in advance,

Ferdinand

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ferdimh@gmx.de - 29 Sep 2007 11:54 GMT

On Sep 29, 12:15 pm, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:

> I am going to celebrate a "retro gaming" LAN party in october this
> year.
> I want to play DooM I/II (DOS Version 1.9!) there. I've already set up
> a 10Base2 (Coax) LAN, with 3c509.com and pdipx.com, and got it running
> with Quake I.

But now it doesn't work anymore! Quake has now the same symptoms: it
is sending data, data reaches the other computer but it refuses to
connect.
I don't know what I've changed, I just rebooted the computer.

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myk - 23 Oct 2007 07:20 GMT

On Sep 29, 7:54 am, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:

> On Sep 29, 12:15 pm, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:> I am going to celebrate a "retro gaming" LAN party in october this
> > year.
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> connect.
> I don't know what I've changed, I just rebooted the computer.

Not sure, but if the systems aren't running Windows 9x or DOS you'll
certainly have problems. You can use DOSBox to run the DOS versions of
Doom or Quake on Windows XP or such, though, on relatively up-to-date
computers (not generally older machines, as DOSBox requires
considerable processor power). DOSBox can use its own TCP/IP tunneling
to connect from 2-4 players as if they were on an IPX LAN connection.

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