On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:02:13 -0700 Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:50:57PM -0700, Josh Coffman wrote: > > Wow.. yep, going back to the 'good ole days'. I assume > > plenty of remember the old Text Adventure games. I > > think the one I used to play was colossal cave. I > > don't remember whether that was on the Apple II, > > Commodore, or something else. > > > > I never did solve that darn game, and it has irked me > > ever since. > > > > http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/ > > > > ahh. memories. > > I first played colossal cave on a mainframe. Later I played Zork on my > first PC (not my first computer; that was a Sinclair ZX-80). I solved > neither colossal cave nor Zork. Many hours of fun, though! About 10 > years ago I managed to wrangle the email address xyzzy@plover.com > which I kept for many years. Eventually I gave it up after it became > too spam-laden. :( I worked at DEC from Feb 1980 to Jan 1992, and I corresponded with Don Woods. The article didn't say, but I am pretty sure that Don also worked at DEC in Massachusetts. I used to have a map and I also had the actual source code (in Fortran IV for the PDP-11). I have neither anymore, sorry. Also, I had Zork on DOS back in the early 90's. Jerry > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group > dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Happy Trails! Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 Jeep Motto #2: Paved Roads are a Fine Example of Needless Government Spending! --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss