How to play GPL on two computers

Can anyone advise me how best to connect our two computers together to play GPL. Can it be done by connecting the serial ports on boths machines or will I have to install network cards. or can you get two modems to talk to each other without going through the telephone exchange. Regards Bob

Hi R, Papyrus has made great serial multiplay in the past, so I see no reason to purchase ethernet cards just for GPL. You can goto your local computer store and purchase a "null-modem" serial cable. Just make sure you have a free COM port available on both computers that is not shared with a mouse or modem. Determine the size of COM connector (DB9 - 9 pins or DB25 - 25 pins). Besure the get a null-modem cable that will fit into the connectors of the available COM ports. Now that you have the hardware, just fire up GPL and try it out. If the game doesn't work first try you might want to use the Start / Programs / Accessories / HyperTerminal program to test the link by chatting with the other machine. Use the "Direct COMx" selections. Jason.

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> Can anyone advise me how best to connect our two computers together to play > GPL. > Can it be done by connecting the serial ports on boths machines or will I > have to install network cards. or can you get two modems to talk to each > other without going through the telephone exchange. > Regards > Bob

-------- Jason Monds "My other car is a Ferrari" http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Thanks for that Jason I will give it a go Regards Bob

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> Hi R, > Papyrus has made great serial multiplay in the past, so I see no reason to > purchase ethernet cards just for GPL. > You can goto your local computer store and purchase a "null-modem" serial > cable. Just make sure you have a free COM port available on both

computers > that is not shared with a mouse or modem. Determine the size of COM connector > (DB9 - 9 pins or DB25 - 25 pins). Besure the get a null-modem cable that will > fit into the connectors of the available COM ports. > Now that you have the hardware, just fire up GPL and try it out. If the game > doesn't work first try you might want to use the Start / Programs / Accessories > / HyperTerminal program to test the link by chatting with the other machine.

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> Use the "Direct COMx" selections. > Jason. > > Can anyone advise me how best to connect our two computers together to

play > > GPL. > > Can it be done by connecting the serial ports on boths machines or will I

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> > have to install network cards. or can you get two modems to talk to each > > other without going through the telephone exchange. > > Regards > > Bob > -------- > Jason Monds > "My other car is a Ferrari" > http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups > (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

>Papyrus has made great serial multiplay in the past, so I see no reason to >purchase ethernet cards just for GPL. [sound advice snipped] OTOH, Ethernet cards are really cheap these days. You can get the 10Mbit/s variety for the equivalent of $10 - $12, the 100Mbit/s kind starts with $15 for one card. Add to this approx. $5 for a cable (and some terminators, depending on the system you choose), and you have a working network for only double the sum of a decent null modem cable. The network is much faster and more versatile than the null-modem connection. Installation is simple and no additional software is required. I would consider building a small network (if I didn't have one already. :) -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

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> Can anyone advise me how best to connect our two computers together > to play > GPL. > Can it be done by connecting the serial ports on boths machines or > will I > have to install network cards. or can you get two modems to talk to > each > other without going through the telephone exchange.

A LAN will work great, You can get 2 pc lan kits here (UK) for about 40,00 if you look around? You cana lso use the lan for data transfers, back-ups, and linking almnost all other new games too, etc. 8-) *Peter* 8-)