Hi Ken, thanks. Perhaps if I can get my hands on the Pac Mate we have in
our office for a while, then I will have to check out your NetHack Pack for
the Pac Mate. Sometimes it pays to work as a trainer for an access tech
company. grin
Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <kenwdow...@neo.rr.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Playing Nethack,either the DOS or Windows Version
with Jaws, any tips?
First of all, you can play it with windows using the same nh file you use
in dos. You'll want to turn off the virtual keypad in view menu and make
sure you're set to ASCII in the map mode. If you have a braille display,
download my game pack for the pac mate and you'll find a PPC version of
Nethack. Even if you have only a display, the includeed NH file will make
a lot more sense to you when using a display because it looks more like
the symbols on a map--dots 4 5 6 being a vertical wall for instance. HTH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Hartley" <jeremyhart...@comcast.net>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:45 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Playing Nethack,either the DOS or Windows Version with
Jaws, any tips?
Hello folks,
With all the testing and playing I have been doing with Entombed
recently, I
thought it would be fun to check out some of the "Rogue-like" games out
there. I am referring to NetHack in this message.
I downloaded the DOS and Windows versions from Nethack.org. I know that
Michael has written an access.nh file which should be copied to the
defaults.nh file if one is playing the DOS version. I did also see that
there is no equivalent access file for the windows port, but after
looking
at the various settings, I am sure that the same changes can be made.
I decided to give the DOS version a go. I realize from other discussions
on
this list that some listers have problems running programs in DOS
windows.
Some of you have complained about the slowness in which a DOS program
runs
on things like windows xp. I am happy to say, I somehow don't have that
problem, and I am able to play EamonDX and Fallthru without any real lag
of
time, and use Jaws version 10 or 11 for reading the screen in the DOS
window.
Ok, now onto my question for some of you real experienced NetHack players
out there. Other than turning all punctuation on, and using the main
jaws
cursor commands, are there any other configurations I need to make? I am
still getting used to what all those ascii symbols on the screen stand
for,
and have been using the slash command and reading the manual as much as I
can.
I'm pretty sure that it will just take some stumbling around, but I
figured
I would consult with any experienced netHack player, to see if they found
other settings that worked better than those in the access.nh file, or
other
useful Jaws commands
If nobody has anything else to add, then I will just keep on poking
around
here and see how far I get. grin
Jeremy Hartley
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