Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!xylogics!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!news From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Programmer seeking game ideas Message-ID: <1990Nov8.162350.14216@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 16:23:50 GMT References: <1025@lclark.UUCP> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University (IRCC) Lines: 40 Nntp-Posting-Host: hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu Francis Stracke writes: >>The difficulty in creating >>such a game would be to try to figure out how to run the thing on one >>computer instead of on MVS or instead of on two computers connected >>by modems. >What's MVS? Sorry about that. MVS stands for multi-virtual system, but is probably not the accepted acronym for systems that are simply capable of multitasking. It was the term we used for such systems when I was an operator about ten years ago. >As for running it on one machine, you're probably right--you'd >have to have multiple monitors & keyboards. I'm beginning to think that way myself. I brought up the subject because I thought it would be interesting to see how other people might handle this situation. I also was interested in why this apparently hadn't caused anybody any trouble with games that were already being played. >Granted, I can see why running on one machine is >cheaper than 2, but I seriously doubt anybody is gonna get >a 2nd monitor & kbd just for a game. If I had a Mac, & I wanted >to play this with a friend who also did, I could just bring over >my machine & hook them together. Or with a modem you could just call the other person if you both had the appropriate hardware and software. A few games have actually been created with this capability. Physically transporting a a computer is never a good idea to me (jarring can cause damage to hard drive, etc.). S. "Stevie" Smith \ + / ,,@ ircc.ohio-state. \ + / {7%*@,..":27g)-=,#*:.#,/6&1*.4-,l@#9:-) " edu> \ + / BTW, WYSInaWYG \ + / --witty.saying.ARC