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From: glen@zeus.uucp (Glen Sonnenberg)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: TANKS
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Date: 9 Oct 90 20:23:11 GMT
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In article <4d46f9bf.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> kumorek@apollo.HP.COM (James Kumorek) writes:
>It's still around;  if you install the 'games' directory that comes with
>bsd4.3, you'll get it.  Look in /usr/games/lib/tanks, and the man pages
>'tanks' and 'tankd'.
>
>If I ever get any spare time, I plan on re-doing it for the X world, and
>try to make
>it a bit more portable.

We have the game, or at least one that is similar to it that has been adapted
for the X world.  We have had a lot of fun running it with our 10000, two 3500'sand two suns.  We have had a small problem of delayed response due to net
traffic but it's never been that bad.  Overall, it's a fun game. 

Glen Sonnenberg
glen@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu [128.196.128.219]
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Optical Sciences Center, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA