Jonathan Fingas wrote in a message to Joe Siegler:
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 >   Oh, and something of Shadow Warrior... do you think it will perform
 > better for "fake IPX" software for BBSes, like SERIPX?  Even if it's
 > just an improvement in the normal IPX code itself?
 JS> Shadow Warrior will have the same multi-player 
 JS> capabilities as Duke Nukem 3D,
 JS> so however Duke performed, SW will perform the same way.   Same thing 
or
 JS> sound.
JF>   No network code improvements?  Hmm.  Well, could you guys at least
JF> make sure it works more capably for USR Sportsters?  I've had
JF> tremendous fun trying to get a working init string for it.
 28.8 Sportsters are *notorious* for being picky about init strings.
 That's why those sysops who can afford it often buy the much more
 tame Courier modems.  As a friend once put it, "A Courier will talk
 to a tree all night long if that's what it takes to make a connection."
 Most comments I've seen on Sportsters are unprintable in a family
 echo.
 That's not to say they're bad.  Just very, very picky.
 I've had cases where two 28.8 Sportsters wouldn't talk to each other,
 despite both being exactly the same ROM and init and being withing sight
 of each other.  The 14.4 Sportsters are much better behaved, as are
 most 14.4's compared to 28.8s.
 Try a different modem and see what happens.  Most games like Duke3D
 and Descent and whatnot work just fine at 14.4 anyway, so that might
 be an idea worth trying.
 > full version of Duke 3D and didn't get it until a month or so later.
 JS> Keep in mind, if you order the day or week the 
 JS> shareware comes out, you'll be
 JS> waiting a few months, since we don't start shipping the 
 JS> full version for about
 JS> 3 months or so until after the first sharware is released.
JF>   Yes... when I ordered Duke 3D in March or April, I knew I would
JF> have to wait - I was visiting the 3D Realms Web site on a
JF> semi-regular basis, trying to keep track of when it would be done. 
JF> I also knew that I would probably get my copy late, since I wasn't
JF> one of those "good-grief-gotta-get-my-Duke-now" addicts.   What I
JF> meant was, how long from when you send my copy on its way (when it's
JF> finished, of course) to when it arrives in that cheesy black 3D
JF> Realms box, in my mailbox.
JF>  - Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34,
 You're in Canada.  Apogee is in Texas (assuming that's also the shipping
 point), so I'd guess maybe a week or so by surface mail or UPS.
 Customs -and I've dealt with Canadian Customs before- can REALLY slow
 things down to a crawl, as can the US side at times.  :(
 Patrick
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