[sedatk]

Thanks to the flexibility that Quake console provided, we were able to set up a three computer null-modem cable network using an additional serial port card on one computer, and play Quake multiplayer like that. We’d felt like we’d hacked the planet at the time.

[bandrami]

We did that exact setup in college! We ran serial cables out our windows and along the outer wall to the other two rooms. It was triumphant.

[d3Xt3r]

We did that too, except it was for playing OMF2097, because sharing a keyboard sucked (and we'd always fight over who'd get to use the right side of the keyboard, which was obviously the best side in those days).