--To: R_ichard Menedetter_--
--*Subj:* _Is this reaching the DOOM readers out there_--

I do not know what a DOOM reader is,
but it reached me.

Further to that.. *what* this is would be the intent of the moderator/creator of the echo:

"Fidonet: If you like the game DOOM, or any similar games, this echo is for you. Topics include modem/network support (for multi-player games), playing techniques, technical information and reviews of new levels. Other 3D games are also on topic."

Unless DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this group via Telegram is not too useful.

But the technology that is built to support the link-up between fido and telegram can serve to be a nice convenience to monitor activity at the very least.
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Hello, August Abolins -> All.
On 11/12/20 5:21 PM you wrote:

--To: R_ichard Menedetter_--

Your To: came out screwy..

--*Subj:* _Is this reaching the DOOM readers out there_-- RM> I do
not know what a DOOM reader is, RM> but it reached me. Further to
that.. *what* this is would be the intent of the moderator/creator
of the echo: "Fidonet: If you like the game DOOM, or any similar
games, this echo is for you. Topics include modem/network support
(for multi-player games), playing techniques, technical information
and reviews of new levels. Other 3D games are also on topic." Unless
DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this group via
Telegram is not too useful.

There are Doom games available on Android.

But beyond that, you're limiting your view.

Just because a person is communicating via a smartphone/tablet
application, doesn't mean that they don't also use PC's or game systems.

But the technology that is built to support the link-up between fido
and telegram can serve to be a nice convenience to monitor activity
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by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)

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Hello, August Abolins : All.
On 11/12/20 9:21 AM you wrote:

But the technology that is built to support the link-up between fido
and telegram can serve to be a nice convenience to monitor activity
at the very least.

Keep it up and I'm going to add FTN via game systems to the project
list.

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Re: --To: R_ichard Menedetter_
By: August Abolins to All on Thu Nov 12 2020 05:21 pm

--To: R_ichard Menedetter_--
--*Subj:* _Is this reaching the DOOM readers out there_--

I do not know what a DOOM reader is,
but it reached me.

Further to that.. *what* this is would be the intent of the moderator/creato of the echo:

"Fidonet: If you like the game DOOM, or any similar games, this echo is for you. Topics include modem/network support (for multi-player games), playing techniques, technical information and reviews of new levels. Other 3D games are also on topic."

Unless DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this group via Teleg is not too useful.

But the technology that is built to support the link-up between fido and telegram can serve to be a nice convenience to monitor activity at the very least.

I think there are source ports for the ID 1 engine (aka DOOM) that run on Android. I could be wrong, though. In any case, smartphones feel like the wrong place to play a FPS.

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Hello, Richard Falken.
On 11/12/20 10:59 AM you wrote:

I think there are source ports for the ID 1 engine (aka DOOM) that
run on Android. I could be wrong, though. In any case, smartphones
feel like the wrong place to play a FPS.

DOOM 1, 2, and 3 all have versions on Android. I haven't played them though.

I have tried some FPS games though. Some work better than others of course.

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On 12 Nov 2020, August Abolins said the following...

Unless DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this group via Telegram is not too useful.

You can. I have.

https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/full-original-doom-video-game-is-now-avail able-for-free-google-play-0150178/#:~:text=News%20The%20Full%20Original%20DOOM, for%20Free%20on%20Google%20Play&text=In%20the%20wake%20of%20its,on%20the%20Goog le%20Play%20Store.

Now that's a long darn link. Didn't expect that when I copied and pasted.

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Richard Miles wrote to August Abolins <=-

On 12 Nov 2020, August Abolins said the following...

Unless DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this group via Telegram is not too useful.

On a different note, I just saw an article on Hacker News about a
DOOM executable that'll run in DOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10. Kooky.



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Hello, Kurt Weiske.
On 11/16/20 9:40 AM you wrote:

Richard Miles wrote to August Abolins <=-

On 12 Nov 2020, August Abolins said the following...

Unless DOOM is playable on a smartphone/tablet, I guess this
group via Telegram is not too useful.

On a different note, I just saw an article on Hacker News about a
DOOM executable that'll run in DOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Kooky.

Directly in Windows? interesting

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On 16 Nov 2020, Kurt Weiske said the following...

On a different note, I just saw an article on Hacker News about a
DOOM executable that'll run in DOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10. Kooky.

You can always play it on your Canon printer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPWi5yJK3zo

Jay

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Re: Re: --To: R_ichard Menedetter_
By: Charles Pierson to Kurt Weiske on Mon Nov 16 2020 12:53 pm

On a different note, I just saw an article on Hacker News about a
DOOM executable that'll run in DOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Kooky.

Directly in Windows? interesting

I use prboom-plus for doom on linux. I haven't tried on windows but there is a windows version available, also a mac version.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Al wrote to Charles Pierson <=-

Re: Re: --To: R_ichard Menedetter_
By: Charles Pierson to Kurt Weiske on Mon Nov 16 2020 12:53 pm

On a different note, I just saw an article on Hacker News about a
DOOM executable that'll run in DOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Kooky.

Directly in Windows? interesting

I use prboom-plus for doom on linux. I haven't tried on windows but
there is a windows version available, also a mac version.

Ttyl :-),
Al

Another PRBOOM+ Linux user here. Great port with native midi support.

Maybe that 'universal' executable has a stub that branches depending on the OS?


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Al wrote to Charles Pierson <=-

I use prboom-plus for doom on linux. I haven't tried on windows but
there is a windows version available, also a mac version.

I just fired up my Windows DOOM engine - think I'm running ZDOOM, and
played Level 1 of the original DOOM, Hurt Me Plenty, no cheat codes.
It was a nice time, I realized that I've forgotten most of the secret
areas. I'll need to go back and play through again.

I've also forgotten how to strafe.




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Hello, Kurt Weiske.
On 11/17/20 7:17 AM you wrote:

Al wrote to Charles Pierson <=-

I use prboom-plus for doom on linux. I haven't tried on windows
but there is a windows version available, also a mac version.

I just fired up my Windows DOOM engine - think I'm running ZDOOM,
and played Level 1 of the original DOOM, Hurt Me Plenty, no cheat
codes. It was a nice time, I realized that I've forgotten most of
the secret areas. I'll need to go back and play through again.

When I have an opportunity to play again, I'm certain to be surprised at how much that I've forgotten that I forgot.

I've also forgotten how to strafe.

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Re: Re: --To: R_ichard Menede
By: Dennis Katsonis to Al on Tue Nov 17 2020 09:47 pm

Another PRBOOM+ Linux user here. Great port with native midi support.

Years ago I was having trouble getting a doom engine going and then I discovered prboom-plus and I have never looked back.

Maybe that 'universal' executable has a stub that branches depending on the OS?

It must be. I haven't had eyes on a windows machine in years so I'm not sure what makes them tick anymore.

Ttyl :-),
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Re: DOOM
By: Kurt Weiske to Al on Tue Nov 17 2020 07:17 am

I just fired up my Windows DOOM engine - think I'm running ZDOOM, and played Level 1 of the original DOOM, Hurt Me Plenty, no cheat codes.
It was a nice time, I realized that I've forgotten most of the secret areas. I'll need to go back and play through again.

I always used zdoom on windows, when I had windows.

I still have zdoom around here and I need it at times when prboom can't run a map for some reason.

I've also forgotten how to strafe.

I don't know if it's possible to strafe. It might be, there are so many options I may have walked passed it.

My doom setup is still very original DOS like. My doom guy can't look up and down (although I could set it up so I could) because that's not doom!

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Al wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Re: DOOM
By: Kurt Weiske to Al on Tue Nov 17 2020 07:17 am

I just fired up my Windows DOOM engine - think I'm running ZDOOM, and played Level 1 of the original DOOM, Hurt Me Plenty, no cheat codes.
It was a nice time, I realized that I've forgotten most of the secret areas. I'll need to go back and play through again.

I always used zdoom on windows, when I had windows.

I still have zdoom around here and I need it at times when prboom can't run a map for some reason.

I've also forgotten how to strafe.

I don't know if it's possible to strafe. It might be, there are so many options I may have walked passed it.

My doom setup is still very original DOS like. My doom guy can't look
up and down (although I could set it up so I could) because that's not doom!

Ttyl :-),
Al

I've been playing new Doom levels, so its a game I never really left. I played through Doom a year or so ago, original levels, and I ALMOST felt like I started to forget what was in the levels.

But I'm pretty much just as familiar with the game, if not more so, than I was in 1994.

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