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- From: 9064pierzina@vms.csd.mu.edu (Todd Pierzina)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.sources.games
- Subject: More goodies . . .
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- Date: 17 Dec 91 22:42:02 GMT
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- Re: Moria source code (VAXC)
-
- I've put up the VAXC UMoria, late beta-release of 5.2 (I think it's 5.2),
- from Jim Wilson at Berkeley, at ftp.csd.mu.edu in pub/tpp/umoria.tar_Z.
- You may be able to get a newer version (observe rec.games.moria for
- awhile to find out where), but I don't know how well it'll support VMS;
- my version does just fine.
-
- Re: Moria source code (VAX Pascal)
-
- I believe I had the source at one time; in fact, I have a tape labeled
- "MORIA.BCK" which I believe is older than my C code (see above). If
- there is _really_ interest, I'll see if I can dig it up and post it.
- (This would be the source to vmoria, which is also at ftp.csd.mu.edu.)
- I'd imagine the authors used SMG for the screen stuff, or maybe even
- VT100 escape sequences.
-
- Re: Non-waiting keyboard reads
-
- As someone suggested, SMG$READ_KEYSTROKE. Also, I have a MACRO routine
- which simply checks the typeahead buffer to see if any key has been
- pressed; it doesn't consume the chartacter, just checks for it, so you
- can do a SMG or curses or qio read then. I can post this to, I suppose,
- if anyone really wants to see it.
-
- Re: VMS games
-
- You can also get Nethack (see rec.games.hack or r.g.nethack); in fact,
- if you get the game from a VMS site, very likely the installation
- procedure is very nicely documented (when I got it, it was). But it's
- HUGE, and much more complicated than Moria. But you _do_ get the
- source.
-
- I've also seen several games requiring privs...there are games, you just
- have to look. Try ftping to wuarchive.wustl.edu, info/archive-sites.txt,
- then SEARCH ARCHIVE-SITES.TXT/WINDOW=3 GAME, VMS.
-
- Currently I'm porting GnuChess for VMS (_very_ simple) (not the
- X-version, silly!). This appears to be a very powerful chess player.
- I'll post my modified sources here if anyone wants to see them.
-
- Re: DCL SHAR
-
- Can someone please send me this package? If I get it, I'll post my
- sources instead of putting them up for ftp.
-
-
- Happy gaming,
-
- Todd Pierzina 9064pierzina@vmsd.csd.mu.edu
- Student Programmer robertf@marque.mu.edu
- Marquette University pierzi@compsys.mu.edu
- [Looking through old issues of Readers' Digest for a cute saying]
-