> On Fri, 27 Jan 1995, Piers wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Alister Air wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Piers wrote:
> > >
> > > > FooM is here! Version 1.01 is now available on ftoomsh in
> > > > /home/kaleid/tads (along with the solaris TADS compiler and interpreter)
> > > >
> > Yup, it sure is. To run it, you have to type "tadsr foom"
> > tadsr is the executable that runs the data file.
>
> The problem is that it tries to write temp files to the current
> directory... just run it from /tmp : ~kaleid/tads/tadsr ~kaleid/tads/foom
>
> Got any docs for it???
>
The only one I have is the foom.txt file, which tells you to use an
80x25 window (although 80+ x 26 works fine, it's just that thinner or
shorter shells look terrible at the opening screen.)
btw, for those of you who know nothing about TADS, the game is fully
portable across platforms, you can recompile the code on another machine,
or run the already compiled .GAM file - just use a binary transfer to get the
file. All you'll need are the compiler (if you wish to recompile), &/or the
interpreter for your favourite platform. These exist at ftp.gmd.de in
if-archive/programming/tads somewhere. But with the AARNET charges for
international transfer, can you afford to get them?
(If you want them for PCs, I already have tr.exe and tc.exe, the
interpreter and compiler, as well as a utility to customise the colours
of the screen for version 2.1.1 of TADS - just ask me for them)
piers@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au kaleid@nospam.ftoomsh.socs.uts.edu.au
"Oh, come on. I've only slept with *one* minor!"