Help with running an older version of quake

i was wondering if anyone would be able to give me a few pointers. I
bought quake years ago when i was at uni, and used to play with friends
over the uni's network. in those days the computers and modems were
too slow to have a decent game over the internet.

however i was sorting through some old computer stuff the other day and
found my old winquake disk. i installed it (i'm running win xp) and it
worked fine. i wanted to play over the internet with my brother, but i
have no idea how to do that. he has the same version installed. do i
need to run some sort of server, or can i just connect directly to him?
I'm not really interested in playing with other people on the
internet, but if anyone could give me a few pointers as to how I might
hook up a game with my brother, I'd really appreciate it.

hey m8, try /connect " his ip address "
"Richanor" <surveys.DeleteThis@snookerking.co.uk> wrote in message
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>i was wondering if anyone would be able to give me a few pointers. I
> bought quake years ago when i was at uni, and used to play with friends
> over the uni's network. in those days the computers and modems were
> too slow to have a decent game over the internet.
>
> however i was sorting through some old computer stuff the other day and
> found my old winquake disk. i installed it (i'm running win xp) and it
> worked fine. i wanted to play over the internet with my brother, but i
> have no idea how to do that. he has the same version installed. do i
> need to run some sort of server, or can i just connect directly to him?
> I'm not really interested in playing with other people on the
> internet, but if anyone could give me a few pointers as to how I might
> hook up a game with my brother, I'd really appreciate it.
>