<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding? --> <!--X-From-R13: [ngg Qunggreyrl <ebbgNzcp.qla.zy.bet> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 22:55:33 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.970811235241.168a-100000#mpc,dyn.ml.org --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199708112230.PAA02518#xsvr3,cup.hp.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00473.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00476.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00470.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00476.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00472">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00472">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00472">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 23:54:25 +0000 (GMT)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:neddy#itl,net">neddy#itl,net</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote: > at 08:00 AM, Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org> said: > > >You can have quite a few players hopping about over PPP without > >lagging to hell FYI - my personal record is probably 10 on any kind > >of server, over 28.8 PPP, and on a P90 (NexGen) with 8 megs of ram on > >linux. This was not a limit because of resources - it was a limit > >because that was the amount of people who actually showed up at the > >same time. > > This is an area I intend to actively investigate. I have purchased a > low end Alpha workstation. It will be connected to the net initially > by 56K modek (lord knows what connection rate I'll really get) 24/7, > with (later) an ISDN connection taking over during off-peak hours > only. News, mail (this list and my own email), and web traffic will > be flowing over the same connection, but is not likely to swamp the > pipe (low traffic). This could be interesting. As a side note, if you plan on having 24hr connection available, it opens a new meta-possibility for the list - a private newsgroup of sorts. That aside, some actual research work done into bandwidth vs use would be interesting. I achieve a vast lot via 28.8, and only really have trouble with bulk data transfer (ftps, and particularly web browsing in X). > In this line I'll be actively interested in what sort of user load the > connection can support for various MUDs. The Alpha will be running > Linux (RH 4.2 for now), ha 40Meg of RAM currently, and will soon be > upgraded to 64Meg (possibly 96Meg). CPU is a possible bottleneck > (166MHz 21066). Disk space is *not* a problem (3Gig online now, > another 20Gig in reserve). Heh. It'll be interesting to find out what happens! Regards, -Matt Chatterley <A HREF="http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html">http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html</A> "Speak softly and carry a big stick." -Theodore Roosevelt </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00533" HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> clawrenc#cup,hp.com</li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00476" HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> clawrenc#cup,hp.com</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00473.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/Ultima Online</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00472"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00472"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00477" HREF="msg00477.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 23:24 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00321" HREF="msg00321.html">DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Fri 01 Aug 1997, 09:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00323" HREF="msg00323.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 01 Aug 1997, 13:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 22:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 22:55 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00476" HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 23:23 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00533" HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 00:47 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00474" HREF="msg00474.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 22:20 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00475" HREF="msg00475.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DESIGN: The purpose of MUDding?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 22:21 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>