void Connect (void)
{
	struct time     time;
	int                     oldsec;
	int                     localstage, remotestage;
	char            str[20];
	char            idstr[7];
	char            remoteidstr[7];
	unsigned long           idnum;
	int                     i;
	
//
// wait for a good packet
//
	printf (STR_ATTEMPT"\n");

//
// build a (hopefully) unique id string by hashing up the current milliseconds
// and the interrupt table
//
	if (CheckParm ("-player1"))
		idnum = 0;
	else if (CheckParm ("-player2"))
		idnum = 999999;
	else
	{
		gettime (&time);
		idnum = time.ti_sec*100+time.ti_hund;
		for (i=0 ; i<512 ; i++)
			idnum += ((unsigned far *)0)[i];
		idnum %= 1000000;
	}
	
	idstr[0] = '0' + idnum/ 100000l;
	idnum -= (idstr[0]-'0')*100000l;
	idstr[1] = '0' + idnum/ 10000l;
	idnum -= (idstr[1]-'0')*10000l;
	idstr[2] = '0' + idnum/ 1000l;
	idnum -= (idstr[2]-'0')*1000l;
	idstr[3] = '0' + idnum/ 100l;
	idnum -= (idstr[3]-'0')*100l;
	idstr[4] = '0' + idnum/ 10l;
	idnum -= (idstr[4]-'0')*10l;
	idstr[5] = '0' + idnum;
	idstr[6] = 0;
	
//
// sit in a loop until things are worked out
//
// the packet is:  ID000000_0
// the first field is the idnum, the second is the acknowledge stage
// ack stage starts out 0, is bumped to 1 after the other computer's id
// is known, and is bumped to 2 after the other computer has raised to 1
//
	oldsec = -1;
	localstage = remotestage = 0;

	do
	{
		while ( bioskey(1) )
		{
			if ( (bioskey (0) & 0xff) == 27)
				Error ("\n\n"STR_NETABORT);
		}

		if (ReadPacket ())
		{
			packet[packetlen] = 0;
			printf ("read : %s\n",packet);
			if (packetlen != 10)
				continue;
			if (strncmp(packet,"ID",2) )
				continue;
			if (!strncmp (packet+2,idstr,6))
				Error ("\n\n"STR_DUPLICATE);
			strncpy (remoteidstr,packet+2,6);
				
			remotestage = packet[9] - '0';
			localstage = remotestage+1;
			oldsec = -1;
		}

		gettime (&time);
		if (time.ti_sec != oldsec)
		{
			oldsec = time.ti_sec;
			sprintf (str,"ID%s_%i",idstr,localstage);
			WritePacket (str,strlen(str));
			printf ("wrote: %s\n",str);
		}

	} while (localstage < 2);

//
// decide who is who
//
	if (strcmp(remoteidstr,idstr) > 0)
		doomcom.consoleplayer = 0;
	else
		doomcom.consoleplayer = 1;
	

//
// flush out any extras
//
	while (ReadPacket ())
	;
}