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Article #124Re: Help: PentiumII 233mhz ATX and networkgames
From: Glenn Smollinger
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00
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Helge H Christensen wrote: > > Hi > > I have problems playing networkgames on my PentiumII. > It has an ATX board, a pci ne2000 card and win95 installed. > > Filesharing, microsoftnetwork, ipx, netbeui is installed correctly. > In "other computers" the other computers in the network is shown > correctly, and I'm able to copy from other computers in the network. > > But when it comes to playing networkgames it doesn't work. > I.e. RedAlert: When trying to start networkgame, the screen resets > back to options screen. > Duke3d: When running setup, and selecting network game, the > dos-box exits after trying to establish contact on ipx: 0. > > What the heck is wrong here? On another pc it works fine, with the exact > same settings in network. Have I missed something when using PentiumII, or > is it the ATX-board???? > > regards > Helge H Christensen > hoybye@writeme.com You may have a memory conflict between the graphics board and the network adapter/driver. I had one with Duke 3D. Try different graphics modes and change the graphics driver. Also, use the NDIS driver with Windows 95. I hope you're not using an old real-mode NE2000.COM!
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