Dear Sir,
I am currently running Circle on my 386. I am the only one
connecting to it, but I think that it is fast enough. Running a mud
requires almost no processor time, Just a lot of memory. So yes, it
should be just fine. In regards to a 14.4 modem, you can get a 33.6 for
free, all you have to do is look at the ads in the paper....
Hope that helps,
Kyle Smith aka Prisma
On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 18:08:22 -0400 Steve Reeves <dormammu@VOICENET.COM>
writes:
>Hi all.. I recently got an entirely new computer system, and intend on
>running some flavor of Linux on it.. (either Slackware or Debian..
>can't
>decide which.) .. and, anyway, I was wondering ig my current system
>would
>be powerful enough to handle running a circle server? The new system
>is:
>
>AMD K6-233 processor, 32 megs of DRAM, and, to start with, a 14.4k
>connection to the net. (Once I get 3 or 4 paychecks from my new job
>I'll
>get a better modem) .. the only bottleneck I can forsee is a 14.4k
>connection... keep in mind this isn't going to be a "public" Mud for a
>LONG time, so I don't need a blazing fast connection yet. At most,
>I'll
>have 5 people + me on at any given time. I'm assuming a 14.4k can
>handle
>that.. but I've heard weird stories about the processor power it takes
>to
>run a server. (I've heard that a medium-speed 386 can handle a mud
>easily, but another person I know who has run a Circle said they were
>running it on a Pentium 166 and didn't have enough CPU time for just
>the
>MUD, let alone any other activites they were using the machine for.)
>
>Also, one of the things I hope I can add in is a "Kingdom" system,
>where
>you'd have PC Kings (or Queens) for entire zones.. and the Kings can
>appoint princes, dukes, etc... and amass armies and goto war with
>other
>"Kingdoms" or whatnot. (with the winner getting control of the other
>kingdom and increasing his overall power. I'll need to design this
>system
>in such a way that it'd be nearly impossible to keep your entire
>kingdom
>under control if you "owned" the entire game... just because the
>entire
>game would be too big for any one person to manage.. sure, you could
>appoint other PCs to control one of your zones for you.. but then they
>might turn on you and declare independence or something.) Anyway, the
>question I have about this is: Are there any code snippets out there
>I
>could base this system on ("supercharge" some guild code, in a manner
>of
>speaking) or would it be best for me to do this on my own from
>scratch?
>Or, for that matter, is this sort of thing even feasible under Circle?
>
>
>Thanks for any answers.. :>
>
>
>Steve
>
>
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