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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Chess game across the LAN?
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Date: 1 Sep 88 16:14:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Sep  1 11:14:00 1988


tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM(Ted Johnson) in comp.sys.mac


>Is there a version of chess for the Mac that allows people to
>play across a LAN?  Across a modem connection?  By connecting
>the two Macs together with a cable between their printer ports?
>
	I seem to recall such as product from the EARLY days of the Mac. I believe
it was called NetChess (what an original name:-).  I have never actually seen
it but did however see ads for it.  So I know it existed at one time, but have
no idea about its current status.

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