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by **Frank Laughl** » Wed, 21 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Last I checked, the highest serial number for Kali I of is in the 5000's.
With Kali growing so fast, and Kali95 on the horizon (its painstakingly
simple to set up, practically as easily as running mIRC), How could
Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte and Papyrus be ignoring the potential
for racing games over the internet? It looks like Interplay with their
'Whiplash' game might be the first decent internet racing game, too bad it
lacks all the settings like tire pressure, gear ratio, etc stuff.
I'm told that NetMech was originally Netbios but they decided to switch
to IPX because its faster and the numerous users of Kali, smart choice
in my opinion...

by **Tony Joh** » Wed, 21 Feb 1996 04:00:00

I'll tell you EXACTLY why Papyrus, Microprose, et al won't support
Kali. Ever hear of proprietary online services? Papyrus' multiplayer
service? GEnie, etc.? You don't make money using Kali over the
Internet.

Note that I'm not slamming Papyrus or Microprose -- it's just bad
business sense to support a Kali option when you can charge for your
own online service.
_________________________________________
Tony Johns
IWCCCARS Project Coordinator
http://www.xmission.com/~iwcc/project.htm

by **Robert Berryhi** » Wed, 21 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>Last I checked, the highest serial number for Kali I of is in the 5000's.
>With Kali growing so fast, and Kali95 on the horizon (its painstakingly
>simple to set up, practically as easily as running mIRC), How could
>Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte and Papyrus be ignoring the potential
>for racing games over the internet? It looks like Interplay with their
>'Whiplash' game might be the first decent internet racing game, too bad it
>lacks all the settings like tire pressure, gear ratio, etc stuff.
>I'm told that NetMech was originally Netbios but they decided to switch
>to IPX because its faster and the numerous users of Kali, smart choice
>in my opinion...

What the hell is Kali????

Austin, Tx http://www.realtime.net/~indyfan/
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by **cygn** » Thu, 22 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>What the hell is Kali????

kali is a packet driver that allows you to play networkable games over the
internet....but no....i doesnt work with nascar or icr's.
it works with descent and doom and stuff

by **Dave 'Gizmo' Gym** » Thu, 22 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Just my personal opinion, but it would seem that the most sensible
approach at this point in time would be to write for Windows 95, and
make use of the built-in TCP/IP stack for playing directly accross the
internet (and any other net you might happen to have lying around :-) .
The IP suite is _the_ protocol family to write for - anything else is
living in the past.
--

by **Fraser Mun** » Thu, 22 Feb 1996 04:00:00

Yeah, but surely it's not just good business sense - it's much
easier to guarantee good data rates and, more importantly,
response times with a proprietry service (such as GEnie or Hawaii)
rather than the Internet. Otherwise, you're going to get cars
jumping all over the place or disappearing all together.

Fraser

by **Anthony Bulloc** » Sun, 25 Feb 1996 04:00:00

One small question Tony, where is this online service ? I know Papyrus
like to talk about it in magazines and stuff but it does not seem like we
will see it anytime soon. Ever tried to connect to GEnie from
Australia????

A.B.

by **Vernon R. Polla** » Tue, 27 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>>I'll tell you EXACTLY why Papyrus, Microprose, et al won't support
>>Kali. Ever hear of proprietary online services? Papyrus' multiplayer
>>service? GEnie, etc.? You don't make money using Kali over the
>>Internet.
>>Note that I'm not slamming Papyrus or Microprose -- it's just bad
>>business sense to support a Kali option when you can charge for your
>>own online service.
>Yeah, but surely it's not just good business sense - it's much
>easier to guarantee good data rates and, more importantly,
>response times with a proprietry service (such as GEnie or Hawaii)
>rather than the Internet. Otherwise, you're going to get cars
>jumping all over the place or disappearing all together.

Does Kali support multi player games (ie over 2 players)? If not, I
don't see why special networks and Kali couldn't both be supported.

Speaking of *** networks. Anybody know if XBAND PC will be
supporting racing?

XBAND PC is in beta test. Check out their web site for more info:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Vernon

by **And** » Fri, 01 Mar 1996 04:00:00

>>I'll tell you EXACTLY why Papyrus, Microprose, et al won't support
>>Kali. Ever hear of proprietary online services? Papyrus' multiplayer
>>service? GEnie, etc.? You don't make money using Kali over the
>>Internet.

>>Note that I'm not slamming Papyrus or Microprose -- it's just bad
>>business sense to support a Kali option when you can charge for your
>>own online service.
>>_________________________________________
>>Tony Johns
>>IWCCCARS Project Coordinator
>>http://www.racesimcentral.net/~iwcc/project.htm

>One small question Tony, where is this online service ? I know Papyrus
>like to talk about it in magazines and stuff but it does not seem like we
>will see it anytime soon. Ever tried to connect to GEnie from
>Australia????
>A.B.

I'm not sure I agree. SH/MPS just released TopGun, and it works fine
over Kali. I think the real problem is with delays,and lags as they
would relate to any racing game. Anyone that has played AW or WB has
seen delays, and warps. How could they be over come in a racing game
where you are side by side for most (if not all of the race) You have
one person that has a bad connect, and you would be having a wreck
every minute! Maybe when we all have ISDN lines?

Andy

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~ridger
***/Nascar/Kali/Win95 stuff.

by **David Kadlc** » Tue, 05 Mar 1996 04:00:00

>Last I checked, the highest serial number for Kali I of is in the 5000's.
>With Kali growing so fast, and Kali95 on the horizon (its painstakingly
>simple to set up, practically as easily as running mIRC), How could
>Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte and Papyrus be ignoring the potential
>for racing games over the internet? It looks like Interplay with their
>'Whiplash' game might be the first decent internet racing game, too bad it
>lacks all the settings like tire pressure, gear ratio, etc stuff.
>I'm told that NetMech was originally Netbios but they decided to switch
>to IPX because its faster and the numerous users of Kali, smart choice
>in my opinion...

What are you talking about? Never played Nascar from Papyrus?

Dave.

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