Re: RKC - Programming help

From: Richard Conner <rkc_at_pacbell.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:42:03 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Hiram Gonash"
<okfreddy_at_h...> wrote:
> For those of you wondering what the hell is going on here, the program
> that I allegedly needed help on is actually a program that Richard
> wrote in 1978. It's a game called "Robots". It's applicability as an
> employee career simulation is quite remarkable!

Game? That was no game -- that was a highly sophisticated
simulation for studying escape scenarios if one should find
oneself surrounded by Daleks
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/alien/daleks.shtml).

One can try out an online version of the simulation at:
http://www.koobifora.com/daleks/

> FYI, Richard, I got the robots code and a variety of tic-tac-toe
> programs that we wrote for a Comp Sci class in 1978. The snazziest
> tic-tac-toe code was written by Eric Enderton. Typed and debugged by
> Eric, Richard, Dean, and Eric Lifosjoe. Scary.

Wow. Brings back memories of computer room at Samohi.
I'd love to see that tic-tac-toe program if ya can post or
send it. As I recall, one of our major focuses back then
was working on what just might have been one of the first
multi-user/multi-terminal space-warfare simulation games.
Don't suppose you got source for THAT do ya?
Received on 2003-12-11 11:42:18

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