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From: robertj@Autodesk.COM (Young Rob Jellinghaus)
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Subject: Re: Robosport & Appletalk
Keywords: Robosport
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Date: 9 May 91 22:48:03 GMT
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In article <12116@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> unokirs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert S. Unoki) writes:
>In article <9105090019.AA06214@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> salvato@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Vincent H. Salvato) writes:
>>tried serial.  When I try to use appletalk it does not seem to work.  I set 
>>the primary computer up and it waits for the secondary players, but when I
>>start up the secondary computer it scans for a primary and says that it 
>>dosen't find any primarys.
>
>This could be a problem of serialization of the games.  Robosport may require
>4 unique copies of the game.  I could not find anything in the documentation
>that indicates whether or not this is true.

Nope, I've played on two Macs with the same copy (I know, I know, it was
only once) and it worked.  Over Appletalk.  But actually this was with
both computers directly connected--no zones involved.  I think that
"RoboSport doesn't work with zones" means that if there are AppleTalk
zones on the network RoboSport won't deal with them--the Macs have to
be directly linked together for it to work at all.

>By the way, have any other Robosport players noticed that the computer seems
>to better in the suburbs?  I find that they don't do as well in the rubble
>arenas because of the irregularness of terrain.  I haven't had much experience
>with the computer areans, yet.

Don't know.  I do know that the suburbs are tough because there's no
real cover--once you come out onto that street it becomes Missile Madness
and everyone gets shot to hell.  Ferocious computer in the suburbs can
be tough!

>Robert S. Unoki
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