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From: David.Haigh@comp.vuw.ac.nz (David Haigh)
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Subject: Re: Populous + back-to-back
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Date: 21 Sep 90 23:07:08 GMT
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I have tried both Amiga-PC and PC-PC connections with Populous with a
null modem cable. Both produce the 'Incompatible Landscape' message
after an short period of time. I did once try PC-PC with 2400 baud
modems with a greater degree of success, although it still did not run
flawlessly.

The landscape problem may be one machine loosing a landscape
modification sent by the other machine. Given that a PC-PC connection
causes the problem, the fault may well lie with the PC Populous and not
the Amiga version!?

Anybody definitively got Amiga-Amiga or PC-PC going ??

I'll experiment some more... and post the results.

David Haigh.
eckles@comp.vuw.ac.nz
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