COWlite

["Matthew Furrow" <MFURROW99@ubishops.ca>]

Hi,

	I'm the guy who had the weird problem with COWlite. First of 
all, I'll tell you I'll be darned if I know how I ended up with this client. 
I probably just picked it at semi-random when I started out. I know I 
found it off of a link from netrek.org and have used it ever since. 

Quozl sent me:

"Are you using TCP or UDP?  Are you using short packets?  Are 
you using short packets 2?  How about SELF_8FLAGS?  I can't 
find cow-lite binaries anywhere, or the source code either.  I'd say 
this was a bug in cow-lite, and you should just use a client that's 
not so ancient."

...I can't claim to know my way around netrekrc / cowlitrc too well, 
but here's what it looks like. Says it's using 'simple UDP'. As for 
short packets: cowlitrc claims it isn't trying to use them, netrekrc 
claims it is. I have no idea why, or which one to believe. I can't find 
any mention of SELF_8FLAGS or short packets *2*, meaning that 
if this client is archaic as you make it out to be, I can only guess 
that they weren't invented/implemented yet. 
	As for not using an ancient client, I'd be happy to make a 
switch... any suggestions? I'm using Windows 95, and I like to 
keep the graphics as simple and readable as possible.

Thanks,

Matthew Furrow
mfurrow99@ubishops.ca