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I remember playing over a 9-pin RS232 null cable - but I guess that is telling about my age :D

Not Warcraft though - some ancient DOS game.

I believe the first Command & Conquer was the one I played that way. But I'm young, so it can't possibly be the same, can it?

The original CnC allowed you to play 1v1 via telephone number. Being 15, that was absolute wizardry.

It would still works today if both parties have a landline.

Landline? I don't understand. If both parties have a LAN line, shouldn't they use that to communicate?

Played Doom over null cable at home.

Before the world standardized on Ethernet/IP, Microsoft had an abstraction layer called DirectPlay. ("Direct" was that era's "Copilot" word for Microsoft)

FYI, EtherNet/IP is an industrial control protocol, not TCP/IP over Ethernet. Yes, that is the real name of the protocol, a more confusing name could not have been chosen...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherNet/IP

I use E/IP all the time and if i had a nickel for every time i had to explain this to people I wouldnt have to use E/IP anymore.

FYI, IP is a phonetic acronym for "I pee", meaning "I urinate"

Two letters can have more than one meaning!

Yeah, and it can also mean Intellectual Property.

But "Ethernet/IP" is not just "two letters", is a trademarked brand.

I think the holders of the trademark of Ethernet might have something to say about that.

Ok, you can go to the ODVA and tell them.

https://www.odva.org/technology-standards/key-technologies/e...

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