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- From: nllopis@ecs.umass.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer
- Subject: Re: How about a FAQ?
- Message-ID: <19105.2b0e0cc8@ecs.umass.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 10:17:44 GMT
- References: <1eepklINNq3c@aludra.usc.edu>
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- In article <1eepklINNq3c@aludra.usc.edu>, mduffy@aludra.usc.edu (Michael Duffy) writes:
- > Hmmm... I shudder to bring up this topic but......
- >
- > I have yet to see a FAQ for this group, or at least a comprehensive one.
- > I know that a number of partial FAQs are floating around, and I want to know
- > what you guys think about putting together a definitive collection. There
- > should still be more than one FAQ; one just for IBM-PC stuff (graphics like the
- > VGA and its tweaked modes, joysticks, pointer to sound card sources), one for
- > other systems of the same sort (Amiga, Mac, Apple II, C-64, etc.), one for
- > globally usefull stuff (LOS, map storage, basic AI), and maybe even one for
- > the "how to I program the Nintendo/Sega/Atari system?" people. Is someone
- > working on such a beast or do I <*shudder*> have to volunteer. I can probably
- > handle the IBM specific FAQ with some help from others who feel generous. How
- > would we handle distribution of the FAQ? email? ftp site? regular posting?
- >
- > Feedback is appreciated, either by e-mail or posting. If you have something
- > just for me, then e-mail to save bandwidth on the group.
- >
- > Dreading the replies,
- > Michael Duffy (mduffy@aludra.usc.edu)
- To me it sounds like a GREAT idea. I am a newcomer to the
- newgroup although I have been programming games for a _long_
- while, and I would really enjoy having a comprehensive FAQ list
- (from which I am sure I could take lots of hints). I would also
- love to share what I know to contribute to it.
- How to distribute it? Hmm.... I guess the obvious answer is
- to post it once every week or so in the newgroup. E-mail would
- be nice but surely more time consuming. FTP... well, that'd be
- OK too... but where?
-
- Anyway, if there's anything I can do to make that FAQ list
- just drop me some e-mail and I'll be glad to help.
-
-
- Noel Llopis
- nllopis@ecs.umass.edu
-