Sun On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:57 PM Tomasz Rola via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 09:51:02AM -0500, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk > wrote: > > While dumping lispm tapes, I found one with a label saying "Read it > > into DRAL" (may be "DRAC"?) "and sent a message to cap's bboard > > saying where it can be found. -Bob”. There was another paper label > > that had fallen off. What I think is the label in question was later > > found in the bottom of the box, a strip of masking tape saying > > “SPACEWAR FOR VAX (Unix?)”. The contents are a 136KB tar archive > > containing source to a program called “orbit”, all files are dated > > August 22nd, 1983. > > > > I unpacked it. The beginning of orbit.man says: > > -------------------- > .SH NAME > orbit \- Spacewar on the Sun > .SH SYNOPSIS > .B > orbit <players> > .PP > .B > orbit <ship1name> ... [-O <optionfile>] > .SH DESCRIPTION > The classic game of interplanetary death and destruction. > Mostly written in C; an assembler package does fast single-precision > floating-point for orbital calculations and collision detection. > .PP > Most of the game's basic parameters are changeable; > parameter sets can be saved and reloaded from option files. > If the file .orbitrc exists in your > -------------------- > > and the fp.s file looks to me like a Motorola assembler, but I may be > wrong. In main.c there are references to something like graphics > routines making use of framebuffer. The structure of filesystem > mentioned in Makefile hints towards Unix-like system. > > I would say, after very quick looking, it is rather for SunOS, not for > anything DEC-made. > > I wonder if others may come to different conclusions? > > -- > Regards, > Tomasz Rola > > -- > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** > ** ** > ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] ** >
