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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by make3 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:59AM (#21596264)
I know you're joking, but serial line afaik has lower latency than the USB stuff being used today
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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by bandrami on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:45PM (#21597765)
It was actually Heretic, now that I think of it, which had a SLIP networking capability for two-person duels. Those were the days.
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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by swinglock on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:10PM (#21596436)
Maybe not, routers could have serial interfaces back in the day. They were way slow. Maybe they even ran frame relay.
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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by bandrami on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:43PM (#21597752)
Pretty sure routers still have serial interfaces today, for when everything goes to shit.
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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by swinglock on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:04PM (#21599599)
They don't. I'm not talking about console ports but interfaces for forwarding.
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