home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Cream of the Crop 20
/
Cream of the Crop 20 (Terry Blount) (1996).iso
/
bbs
/
sdl212x.zip
/
HISTORY
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-05-15
|
13KB
|
250 lines
Stardock Loco History File and Updates. Why, what, and when.
Definitely _not_ a must read....:) Lunatic ravings.
:::::Starts at the bottom and goes up to here:::::
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 20th Drag hung-over sun-burnt culo back to phx for more
code induced madness. Naw, gotta do school. So,
if I take a break for a few months, you'll know why.
I'm furthering my education, and finishing my Jr. year
here at DeVry. This way I can have a 30k debt when I
graduate. Hmmm, wonder if there is a market out there
for shareware authors. Maybe I can add it on my resume:
December 1995-present - Shareware Author
Created a weird game for bulletin board services.
Spent 700+ hours coding, debugging, and maintaining C
derived source code for amusement of others. Salary
averaged .27 cents an hour for time spent on game.
WAITASECOND!!! I did all this for .27 cents an hour?
YEEESH! I was making 24 bucks an hour serving drinks
at 35,000 feet! Ah, but I didn't like that. Well, I'll
continue to live off school loans and such. Maybe, just
maybe it'll all pan out, and maybe just maybe I may make
a couple more bucks off this. :) It was fun. I learned
C. Payment received in full.
May 16-19 I expand my Spanish vocabulary to include "Mas".
Tomo mas cervezas, por favor....<G> Tequila? No.
Hope to have as good of a time this time down there
as I did last time. What an awesome place to be. If
you _ever_ go to Mexico, go to Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo. It
is wonderful. Want to go to Playa das Gatas this time.
3 bucks round trip to Ixtapa Island. 3 peso beers.
Roasted chicken with hot green sauce. I can't wait!
Snorkling, boogie boarding, (No sharks this time please),
May never come back....maybe I can live there...<G>
May 16 9:20am, flight to Mexico City, Mexico departs from PHX.
Hopefully no swamps or mountains in the way to shorten
my life span. Heck, I shouldn't worry about these
things, as I used to be a flight attendant. (Yeah,
I did.) But, I hate to fly, so here I sit on my butt
writing code. <G>)
May 15 Release of 2.12. Hope I didn't forget anything! I'm
writing this in advance. So many drives and director-
ies on my HD and disks that apply to SDL that it ain't
funny no more. Gotta figger out what is what...:)
And delete the right ones this time! Aaaarrr!
May 14 Almost finished with the release of 2.12. I like it.
Ansi screens turned out pretty cool. Gonna have to
try rip next, maybe. I may take a break from the game
and see how response is to this version. Not only that,
but I need to start concentrating back on school. :)
Starting to fall behind, but not badly. Looked on HD
for sdcreat1.exe source code, realized I may have
deleted it. Hmmm, where are my back up disks. Wait,
what's a backup? <G> Found IGM Smush on HD. Hey,
this is cool! Forgot about it. Need time! I'll get
it done someday.... So many possibilities and ideas,
and no time. Same with you, I'm sure. Ah well.
May 13 MAY 13!!! Holy cow! Where does the time go? A whole
month has passed since I wrote on this last. Been bizzy
trying to be an ANSI artist. Registrations and e-mail
on the game weirdly sporatic. Everybody registers and
sends e-mail in spurts. Serious! I'll go 2-3 days with-
out a peep, then WHAMMO, everybody is back again. Moon
fluctuations? Very strange stuff. But, things are
looking very cool, and very positive. Can't wait for
Ixtapa.
April ? Found out that 32 bit version is bogus. It's got all
the code, but ain't 32 bit. Gotta compile under 32 bit
compiler. Hain't got. Get one from friend, but it
doesn't like win3.1 under os/2 Warp Connect. Bah!
Someday, it will go true 32 bit.
April 13 Fixed IGM problem stemming from new command line pars-
ing in game. Weird stuff, but it works. Continued
beta test.
April 12-13 IGM's not working in 32 bit version. Stumped. Leave
the house, play 2 hours of basketball, drink heavily,
then eat like pig. Fall asleep on floor of friends
house, wake up, hoping it ain't a school day....
Do mail, up reg's, drink water, water, water. Create
personal web site: Title: Spinach Quiche Sucks.
Check it out: http://www.starlink.com/~alanen
April 11 Dan at the Information Exchange sets me up for beta
testing. What a nice guy. Tried to telnet in, but
bbs I'm using for telnet is garbage, can't upload files.
(65 bps, recursive send on packets, 20 hours estimated
time on upload.) ??? Sure, they say it's _my_ modem
set-up. Hmmm, called 36 bbs's today, no problems over
there....<G> Ah well, called Dan's bbs normal mode,
1.5 minute upload. Hey, must be my modem...:)
Dan's BBS: (great place) 770-957-3325 telnet: thix.com
April 9 Added 23 places for ANSI art in the game. Decided
to let 3rd parties make them, or create some later.
See ansi.lst for details.
April ??!?? Early am, figure that I should get some sleep
as I am a student and have school soon. 4 hours?
uh oh....
April ????! Banged out 3/4ths of Smush! an IGM today.
Looking really cool. Now where do I stuff
an arcade game in this game? Nearly finished
it, and decided to give 32 bit SDL another go.
Wrote letter to Brian Pirie, maker of Opendoors.
Think before write...think before write. Hmmm.
Finish doors before release...finish doors before
release. Gotta settle down and make sure stuff
is done! Letter to Brian stated problems I was
having with his code. Sent it off. Proceeded
to find out after letter was sent that his code
was beautiful. My compiler settings were ugly.
Hmmm. My fault. Ooops. Recompiled everything
32 bit. Now where can I find a fresh chicken, I
mean an unwary sysop with WC!5 to test this on...
<G> Need bbs software, need big narly computer
to drive it with, need Bill Gates' wife and money.
Hmmmm....don't need his software. Ugh.
April ????! Banged out IGM for SDL. IGM name is Profile.
Went berzerk and coded the thing in 3 hours.
Probably looks like it too....<G> Heck, it's
an IGM.
April !???! Lost track of time. Going bananas. Ate a few
as well. Planning trip to Ixtapa, Mexico for
relaxation. Hmmm, maybe I'll let the insurance
co. pay for it....hehehehe. Waiting for check
to repair car. Car or Mexico....Hmmmm. That
dent would look pretty neat-o from the beach.
I'd just have to look at it through the bottom
of a Dos XX bottle...it wouldn't look bad. But,
couldn't see the car anyway, as I will be way
down in the middle of that wonderful country.
March 29 Had fun at the game. Got rammed by a wacko real
estate lady in a '96 Mercedes. She blamed it on
me. Hmmm, how does the rear end of my car hit
the front of her car if I'm going 15 mph _forward_
in a parking lot???
Decide to read logic problems to see if my logic
is screwy....<G>
March 29 Head for spring training b-ball game after school.
Free tickets given by friend.
Lady friend comes into town, I'm designated driver.
Go to game, drink cokes. Wish I had a brew. :(
Decide that weekend will be a party. Realize I said
t