Possibly Comnet? >>> Lloyd Fuller <[email protected]> 2/25/2010 9:48 AM >>> I used WYLBUR (or maybe SuperWYLBUR) in the late 1970s at a time-sharing company in the Washington DC area. I do not remember the name of the company.
Lloyd --- On Thu, 2/25/10, John Kington <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Kington <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Adventure - Or Colossal Cave Adventure > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 8:10 AM > >>I suspect he may have meant > ORVYL, the interactive exuction companion to > >>WYLBUR. We never ran it, so I don't know much about > it. > > > >Did anyone use it other than Stanford? > > WYLBUR was used at University of Cincinnati in the mid 80's > when I was learning to program. Much better for an imperfect > typist like me than the ancient keypunch machines that was > the other alternative. I never heard of it being used in a > commercial environment though. > > Regards, > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [email protected] > with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
