Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!kl-cs!jonathan
From: jonathan@cs.keele.ac.uk (Jonathan Knight)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Patched Nethack (was Re: patches)
Message-ID: <996@kl-cs.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 89 11:57:03 GMT
References: <5132@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: University of Keele, England
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From article <5132@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, by VANCLEEF@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu:
> patches patches patches. why not just repost the source to nethack
> as it exists by the author. i am sure it would save everyone alot
> of aggravation.

It would, however as everyone has pointed out it wastes a lot of
"net bandwidth".

I used to get the odd request for nethack and elm, so what I started
doing was maintaining a fully patched version that anyone could
pick up.  Then whenever anyone posts a request for the patched version
I can point them to the one I've already got ready.

I assume that other people have done something similar, perhaps when
they see postings like this they can announce where they've got it.

On this machine I keep a copy of elm and nethack up to date and another
postgrad keeps a few Voyager II images about.  If anyone wants them
they are available to JANET users.

	Host:		uk.ac.kl.cs.derek
	Userid:		guest
	Password:	(your email address - my info only)
	Format:		BINARY (except the index)

	Files:		index		a complete index
			elm.tar.Z	elm at PL 11
			nethack.tar.Z	NetHack at PL 4

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