On Tue, 17 May 2005 15:03:56 -0400, Chris Hoelscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>When i was a undergrad at Ohio State (1975-76) (Baker Hall, anyone?), i
>was able to snag source to a (what is now) a  really old one - it was
>written in Fortran!! - it played on a 8x8 quadrant, with each quadrant
>with 8x8 sectors ... the enterprise was ++E, the regular klingons were
>++K,, the cruisers were ++C, starbases were <B> .. this was all played on
>a teletype -no CRT screens for us freshmen ... (the program did not like
>you if you aimed your photon torpedopes at your own starbase) - if you got
>destroyed, you were issued another ship, the USS Faerie Queene (++Q) - it
>was great fun (for the day) - .. i transcribed it to basic for my apple
>][+ (with a Z/80 card) and compiled it... Those were the days .....
>
>Chris Hoelscher
>IDMS & DB2 Database Administrator
>Humana Inc
>502-580-2538
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

This sounds like the same game I played using CONDOR under MVT/VSE
in the early 80's.    Those _were_ the days!

Mark
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