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From: bernd@NeRo.Uni-Bonn.DE (Bernd Kreimeier)
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: id WWW page updated
Date: 12 Feb 1996 12:00:21 -0000
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> From: Ryan Drake <stiletto@psu.edu>

> The id WWW page has been updated with information about the
> deathmatch demo.  Go to the Quake screenshots page and check
> it out. Looks like they are preparing to release something
> BIG!

Here is what webmaster@id should have done right off. You might
want to do him an undeserved favor and NOT check it out on their
page.

The net works. It's the people that don't.

                                              B.


>>full quote from http://www.idsoftware.com/qss.html, as of Feb 19th:
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NOTE:
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     Please understand id Software is working extremely hard on Quake.
     There will be a playable demo for Quake due in a very short time. The
     following hosts are now mirroring ftp.idsoftware.com:/idstuff.

     quake.best.com/pub/idsoftware
     ftp.netural.com/pub/idsoftware
     ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff
     uss-hood.starfleet.com/pub/idstuff

                ------------------------------------------------
Quake-only mirroring sites. WHEN IT IS RELEASED

  THESE SITES ARE NOT YET ACTIVE! DO NOT USE THEM. IF YOU USE THEM BEFORE THE
                     DEMO IS RELEASED YOU WILL BE BANNED.

                         ftp.inner.com/pub/games/quake
                               ftp.LAME.org/quake
                         linux.mit.edu/pub/games/quake
                       ftp.connectnet.com/pub/games/quake
                         ftp.island.net/pub/games/quake
                       ftp.cinternet.net/pub/games/quake

                ------------------------------------------------

    E-mail ftpadmin@ftp.idsoftware.com if you would like to become a mirror.
  Please, include the name of the machine that will serve as the mirror and a
                                   contact.

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