Have you guys considered support for the product echospeech are making,
that enables a software driven simultaneous voice and data connection?
(ie. no need to splash out on a DSVD modem - which costs about $800 here
down under).
Sounds like a natural progression for the Nascar and Indycar products to
me.
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
So once we get Nascar2 (Christmas) and the real NRL (sometime in '97), we
will be able to use an internet connection, by passing the LD charges? Or,
is the TCP/IP connection even further off than that?
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Hawaii Network UserName: Buschwick
> >Have you guys considered support for the product echospeech are making,
> >that enables a software driven simultaneous voice and data connection?
> >(ie. no need to splash out on a DSVD modem - which costs about $800 here
> >down under).
> >Sounds like a natural progression for the Nascar and Indycar products to
> >me.
> We're loking at all kinds of things. You're right, voice would be
> nice. Our problem is the amount of bandwidth it might take up. We
> have all the bandwidth in the word available in the scheuler/chat on
> Hawaii. However, we take up every once of 9600bps while in NASCAR.
> Once we move beyond the prototype into the real NRL service, we will
> be going to TCP/IP which means that we will probably require a 28.8
> modem & fill up most of that bandwidth. Not much left for compressed
> voice. We're looking into it, though.
> Ed Martin
> Producer, Series Director
> NASCAR Racing League
> Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
HOWEVER, that should not be taken to mean that NRL will be available
over the internet. As a whole, latencies on the internet are too high
& too unpredicatable.
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Does this mean I had better get rid of my 14.4 modem and get a 28.8 before
X-mas? I need to start saving my pennies now if I do. Of course even that
is hard , wat with the huge phone bills and all :-)
Gene
Racing with DSVD is VERY cool. The other night, we were modem racing ICR2
together and giving each other pointers on the lines at various tracks. And
yelling at the other for getting punted or punting the AI. It adds a whole
new dimension to head-to-head competition.
Right now, the problem is that on Papyrus' end, they need access to the
audio streams from the DSVD modem and a way to mix them in real-time
without loading down the server. There aren't any off-the-shelf solutions
at this point.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
