Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
n behalf of dwight via cctalk > > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:00 PM > To: Zane Healy ; General Discussion: On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) > > Yes, it was a graphical game. > It was a search game as I recall and the Wump

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread dwight via cctalk
Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) Yes, it was a graphical game. It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move. The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program.

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread dwight via cctalk
opic Posts Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) Yes, it was a graphical game. It was a search game as I recall and the Wumpus was also on the move. The Poly88 used a memory mapped graphics. Other machines like the Atari 400/800 could, with minor modifications, run such a program. The P

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread dwight via cctalk
Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their games collection or I typed it in form some book. Dwight The “Hunt

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
On Jul 15, 2020, at 11:23 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: > > I ran "Hunt the Wumpus" on my Poly88. I don't recall if it was part of their > games collection or I typed it in form some book. > Dwight The “Hunt the Wumpus” I’m thinking of is actually graphical. Zane

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread dwight via cctalk
: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) Yes, that’s the one I have! The thinner one (with colored pages?), I have never seen. It describes procedures in a sort of FORTRAN style, at a “high level”. It means you have to implement everything yourself  Do not think you

RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-15 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
mailto:ja...@smbfc.net>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) This? The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/091839810X/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_mzMdFbM

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Richard Cini via cctalk
kef> From: cctalk on behalf of Jason Howe via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:04:51 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books) Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement. --Jason On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Hea

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement. --Jason On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I’d love details on this! This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s. Zane On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: If I am

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
I’d love details on this! This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s. Zane > On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > > > If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from Dilithium > Press! > Memory is a bit vague,

RE: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
If I am not mistaken, I have a book called Star Trek and it is from Dilithium Press! Memory is a bit vague, but it must be on one of my shelves. The book describes in “FORTRAN style” the procedures for an NCC1701 simulator  But if you dig deeper, there is * a lot * to do yourself. Anyway, this

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Frank McConnell via cctalk > wrote: > > Y'all may want to take an hour to listen to this. I haven’t. The text at > least names someone as co-founder. > > https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-293-merl-miller-dilithium-press > > -Frank McConnell

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote: > > On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? They > > apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s. They were apparently > > located in

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:21, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote: > > On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? They > > apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s. They were apparently > > located in

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 7/14/2020 6:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about this publisher? They apparently existed in the late 70’s and early 80’s. They were apparently located in Beaverton, Oregon in the same business park, on Nimbus, where Norvac Electronics was.