Xtrek and slip connections

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2 total messages Started by Power = 486 + HST Dual Standard Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:37

Author: Power = 486 + HST Dual Standard
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 06:37

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I am curious, I have a slip link at 9600 baud on an unix machine 
(esix) running X. Can I still hook up and play xtrek?

Re: Xtrek and slip connections

Author: Roger P. Ang
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 19:04

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In article <3NOV199200372494@cnsvax.uwec.edu> tannerrj@cnsvax.uwec.edu (Power = 486 + HST Dual Standard) writes:
>I am curious, I have a slip link at 9600 baud on an unix machine
>(esix) running X. Can I still hook up and play xtrek?

Sure, but it'd be sloooooow.  I know someone with a SPARC IPC running
SLIP over a 9600 connection and evening playing an XWindows solitaire
game was slow.

                                        Roger P. Ang (rang@laputa.ics.uci.edu)
Irvine? Where's Irvine?                 Grad student at the
In the heart of the Orange Curtain.     Dept. of Information & Computer Sci.
Oh no! The poor fool.                   Univ. of California, Irvine.

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